Asian Art II - Part Two - 23rd May 2024
Lot 987
A CHINESE WUCAI 'PEACOCK' VASE
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £1134
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Description
A CHINESE WUCAI 'PEACOCK' VASE
17TH CENTURY
Painted to the exterior with a large peacock perched on rockwork amidst large peony blossoms and gnarled prunus branches, with birds in flight, all set against an iron-red diaper ground, mounted with ormolu as a table lamp, 37cm the vase, 63cm overall.
Cf. T Canepa and K Butler, Leaping the Dragon Gate, The Sir Michael Butler Collection of Seventeenth-Century Chinese Porcelain, p.346, no.III.3.9.4, for a similar vase with phoenix, and with details regarding the dating of these vases.