A rare archaistic enamelled moulded vase
18th century
The fluted ovoid body with broad sloping shoulder and tapering to a splayed foot, surmounted by a waisted neck terminating with wide disc-shaped mouth, the neck flanked by a pair of phoenix handles, moulded around the foot and shoulder with ruyi-heads and with pendent lappets and stiff upright plantain leaves to the neck, all enamelled in blue, green, white and red on a yellow ground, the rims enamelled brown in imitation of metal.
28.4cm (11¼in) high
The fluted ovoid body with broad sloping shoulder and tapering to a splayed foot, surmounted by a waisted neck terminating with wide disc-shaped mouth, the neck flanked by a pair of phoenix handles, moulded around the foot and shoulder with ruyi-heads and with pendent lappets and stiff upright plantain leaves to the neck, all enamelled in blue, green, white and red on a yellow ground, the rims enamelled brown in imitation of metal.
28.4cm (11¼in) high
Estimate:
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$ 94,000 - 140,000
US$ 12,000 - 18,000
HK$ 94,000 - 140,000
US$ 12,000 - 18,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: Sir William Dixon
Purchased from John Burden, Kent Street, Sydney, on 10 August 1957
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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