Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 677
A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI VASES MID 17TH CENTURY Brightly painted with fruiting vines in red
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE WUCAI VASES
MID 17TH CENTURY
Brightly painted with fruiting vines in red, yellow, green and aubergine, with many squirrels scampering amidst fruits and hanging tendrils, a band of lappets to the neck, 33.5cm. (2)
Cf. X Besse, A M Amon, La Chine Des Porcelaines, Musée National Des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, p.100, no.31 for a similar example in the collection of the Musée Guimet.