A CANTON ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER 'PEACH' BRUSHWASHER, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
A CANTON ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER 'PEACH' BRUSHWASHER, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
China. Well modeled in the form of a peach supported on a leafy branch, the interior finely painted in bright enamels with a blossoming branch bearing two peaches, some leaves painted in light and dark green color to distinguish each side of the leaf, all below a bat in flight, the exterior enameled a bright green transmuting to pink imitating the skin of a ripening peach.
Provenance: Chicago trade. Acquired from a private estate, where it has been kept since almost a century, according to family repute.
Condition: Good condition with some wear, few small cracks and minor associated losses, and few touchups.
Weight: 36.2 g
Dimensions: Length 6.7 cm
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 October 2018, lot3429
Price: HKD 187,500 or approx. EUR 24,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare canton enamel 'lychee' waterpot, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and decoration with similar gilt leafy stem, bright enamels to the exterior, and fruit motif. Note the size (9.8 cm).
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A CANTON ENAMEL AND GILT-COPPER 'PEACH' BRUSHWASHER, 18TH TO EARLY 19TH CENTURY
China. Well modeled in the form of a peach supported on a leafy branch, the interior finely painted in bright enamels with a blossoming branch bearing two peaches, some leaves painted in light and dark green color to distinguish each side of the leaf, all below a bat in flight, the exterior enameled a bright green transmuting to pink imitating the skin of a ripening peach.
Provenance: Chicago trade. Acquired from a private estate, where it has been kept since almost a century, according to family repute.
Condition: Good condition with some wear, few small cracks and minor associated losses, and few touchups.
Weight: 36.2 g
Dimensions: Length 6.7 cm
Auction result comparison:
Type: Related
Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 October 2018, lot3429
Price: HKD 187,500 or approx. EUR 24,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare canton enamel 'lychee' waterpot, Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related modeling and decoration with similar gilt leafy stem, bright enamels to the exterior, and fruit motif. Note the size (9.8 cm).
