A celadon-glazed moulded vase
16th century
Of flattened pear-shaped form rising from a splayed oval foot to a quatrefoil flaring mouth, the neck set to each side with mask handles suspending loose rings, moulded around the body with shaped panels on either side enclosing the characters 'fu' and 'shou' against foliate scrolls, with a border of upright leaves at the neck above a key-fret scroll.
21.8cm (8½in) high
Of flattened pear-shaped form rising from a splayed oval foot to a quatrefoil flaring mouth, the neck set to each side with mask handles suspending loose rings, moulded around the body with shaped panels on either side enclosing the characters 'fu' and 'shou' against foliate scrolls, with a border of upright leaves at the neck above a key-fret scroll.
21.8cm (8½in) high
Estimate:
£1,500 - 2,000
HK$ 18,000 - 24,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,000
HK$ 18,000 - 24,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,000
Footnotes
- Provenance: purchased in Sydney, Australia in the 1950s/60s
Compare another vase of this form moulded with the same two characters illustrated by R.C.Tan, Chinese Greenware Found in the Philippines, Arts of Asia, November-December 1991, p.159, fig.23.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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