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Lot 196
A BLUE AND WHITE 'GUAN' IN YUAN STYLE
Estimated Value:
4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result:
2.590 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, probably Qing dynastyD. 31,5/ H. 24,4 cm
The sturdly-potted baluster body rises from a projecting foot to a short, straight neck with slightly projecting rim, painted all around in bright cobalt blue with four fish swimming in a pond amidst large blooming lotus flowers and various aquatic plants, the vivid scene decorated with floating butterflies, the neck surrounded by wavy crests, the rounded shoulder with large peony and lotus flowers supported by a continuous leaf scroll, all above stylised upright petals, wide foot ring and recessed base.
Important Bavarian private collection, published Auktionshaus Nymphenburg 'Teppiche und Aussereuropäische Kunst, u.a. Sammlung Kreissl (Dr. Rainer Kreissl 1924 - 2005), p. 11, no. 176.
Cf. Huo Jishu (Jessica Harrison-Hall), 'Yuandai qinghua ci: Da Ying Bowuguan yu Daweide Jijinhui cang pin/Yuan Dynasty Blue-and-White: Collections and Collectors in the British Museum and Sir Percival David Collection', in: Li Zhongmou et al, Youlan shencai. 2012 Shanghai Yuan qinghua guoji xueshu yantaohui lunwenji/Splendors in Smalt. Art of Yuan Blue-and-white Porcelain Proceedings, Shanghai, 2015, vol. 1, p. 389, fig. 23. Regina Krahl, Early Chinese Blue-and-White Porcelain. The Mingzhitang Collection of Sir Joseph Hotung, Hong Kong, 2022, no. 8.g - Wear, traces of age
