Lot 160
  • 160

VASE BALUSTRE EN GRÈS YINGQING DYNASTIE YUAN |

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • porcelain
  • 28 cm
piriforme, reposant sur un pied évasé, prolongée par un long col légèrement évasé aux lèvres ourlées, la panse ornée d'une décor moulé en relief d'une bande de lotus épanouis dans leurs rinceaux entre des frises de grecques, couvert d'une glaçure translucide aux tons verts

Provenance

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Clark (according to label).
Sotheby's London, 25th March 1975, lot 78.
Acquired April 1975 (according to invoice).

Exhibited

Exhibition of Sung Wares. Ting, Ying-ch'ing and Tz'-chou, Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1949, no. 160.

Literature

Apollo Magazine, September 1933, p. 174, fig. XII. 
Oriental Ceramic Society, Exhibition of Sung Wares. Ting, Ying-ch'ing and Tz'-chou, London, 1949, cat. no. 160.

Condition

The vase is in overall good condition. The glaze is worn off on the raised parts of the design. There is a ca. 0.2 cm iron spot on the body.
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