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.