A Chinese Ming blue and white jar 17th/ 18th century
27 May 2012 10:00 EST Sydney
Asian Art
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A Chinese Ming blue and white jar
17th/ 18th century
the ample oval body well painted with a continuous pattern of lotus flower heads issuing from scrolling leafy foliage, the narrow rolled neck similarly painted.
28cm diam 36cm high
Sold for AU$ 19,200 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Private collection New South Wales.

    The collection of Lockwood de Forest and thence by direct descent.
    Refer Roberta A Mayer, Lockwood de Forest. 2008,p.21 Ill.
    The vase appears in the photograph c.1900 of the Dining Room in Lockwood de Forest House, 7 East Tenth Street, New York. Taken from Lockwood de Forest Papers 1858-1978, Archive of American Art, Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, D.C.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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