Property from Another Owner
A massive Canton blue and white export porcelain tank
19th century
Its wide rim covered in a diamond diaper pattern above a band of butterflies and scrolls on the interior wall, a water village landscape filling the floor of the well and lotus plants painted on the exterior walls, the flat base unglazed and the front wall with an opening for drainage (rim repaired and repainted).
25 1/4in (64cm) diameter
Its wide rim covered in a diamond diaper pattern above a band of butterflies and scrolls on the interior wall, a water village landscape filling the floor of the well and lotus plants painted on the exterior walls, the flat base unglazed and the front wall with an opening for drainage (rim repaired and repainted).
25 1/4in (64cm) diameter
Sold for
US$ 3,125
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For similar tanks, see Herbert, Peter and Nancy Schiffer, Chinese Export Porcelain (1975), pp. 73 & 74.
Category: Asian Art
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