Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 2032
A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' CIRCULAR STAND
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £13000
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Description
A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL BLUE AND WHITE 'BAJIXIANG' CIRCULAR STAND
SIX CHARACTER WANLI MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1573-1620
Possibly for a drum, constructed with six cloud-shaped feet above a ring foot, painted with bands of scrolling foliage, birds on leafy stems, tied Buddhist emblems, and a flower and wave design, 29cm.
Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from Sotheby's, London, 17th December 1996, lot 62.
Cf. Oriental Ceramics, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, pl.237 for a similar example from the Charles B Hoyt collection.