AN IRON-RED DECORATED VASE, 20TH CENTURY

of tapering shouldered form surmounted by a short cylindrical neck and galleried rim pencilled with formal borders in sepia, the sides painted with a lady smoking a pipe seated in a canopied carriage drawn by a dappled horse, and with a young boy attendant to either side, the details highlighted in gilding, an inscription in black on the reverse with iron-red seals, the base with a mark Hu Ren Tang Zhi in iron-red
36CM

• Lot Sold $3,000 (Hammer Price)
• $3,660 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23 November 2006, lot 474

Condition Report

Two small indents to the glaze on the interior of the mouth rim where glaze not adhered. Some small black bubble pits on sides. A very slight warp to the footrim. Some surface wear. Otherwise good condition.