A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE ZHADOU

QING DYNASTY

The lobed compressed circular body surmounted by a tall neck and flared foliate rim, the interior and exterior both covered with a pale blue crackled glaze, the base with a paper label for the Seligman collection, 18.3cm.

Provenance: formerly the Seligman collection; and then an English private collection since 1965.

Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965) and her husband Charles Gabriel Seligman MD FRS (1873-1940) were clients of Bluett's and travelled to China and Japan between 1929 and 1930, recording their purchases in journals. In 1966, the Arts Council organised an exhibition of 351 exhibits from 'The Seligman Collection of Oriental Art' and a number of items were donated to the British Museum.