Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 112
A CHINESE YELLOW GLAZED CIRCULAR ALTAR VESSEL AND COVER
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £10000
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Description
A CHINESE YELLOW GLAZED CIRCULAR ALTAR VESSEL AND COVER, DOU
SIX CHARACTER TONGZHI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1862-74
The deep bowl raised on a tall hollow spread foot, with a high domed cover surmounted by a finial formed as two twists of rope, all decorated with archaistic motifs in shallow relief, 29cm. (2)
Provenance: Sotheby's Belgravia, 3rd December 1981, lot 79?; and then a private collection, London.