Asian Art II - 14th November 2018
Lot 479
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE GU-SHAPED VASE 17TH CENTURY The plain body with a flared rim and foot
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE GU-SHAPED VASE
17TH CENTURY
The plain body with a flared rim and foot, the central section between twin raised bands, 27cm.
Provenance: a Hong Kong private collection, sold in these rooms on 15th July 2006, lot 529.
Cf. A similar piece sold in the Hatcher Collection Christie's Amsterdam, lot 314, and another, found in the tomb of Wan Li is mentioned by Richard S Kilburn in 'Transitional Wares and their Forerunners, p.217. Also see B Gyllensvard, The Worlds Great Collections, Oriental Ceramics vol.8, museum of Far East Antiquities, Stockholm, no.261 for a further example from the Carl Kempe Collection.