Smith & Singer
233

A blue and white beaker vase, Gu,
Qing dynasty Shunzhi period

Estimate $15,000 – $25,000

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the sides painted with birds in flight and perched on branches of a blossoming prunus tree growing beside flowering plants, the centre with a band of lotus, pomegranate and pierced rockwork above pendent lappets around the foot, the flared mouth with brown-edged rim
45.5 cm high

  • Lot Sold $36,000 (Hammer Price)
  • $43,920 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Bonham's London 13 May 2010, lot 231

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Catalogue Notes

Compare a related blue and white beaker vase dated Shunzhi circa 1645-1655 from the collection of Sir Michael Butler illustrated by A. White, Chen Xiejun and Wang Qingzheng, eds. Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection, Shanghai 2005, Catalogue no. 42

Condition Report

Some surface wear and scratches, some small dark bubble pits in the glaze, a small indent in the footrim just below the glaze. The potting very slightly warped. Otherwise good condition

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Alison Alford

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Melbourne
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Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design

AU0791  |  29 Oct 2014  |  Melbourne
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