A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS...
Property of a Charitable Foundation Lots 615-630
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
Kangxi
Densely painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in iron-red and gilt with a large long-tailed golden pheasant perched on a tall plinth of blue rockwork between lavishly blossoming leafy branches of tree peony and smaller blossoms, the shoulder and top of the spreading foot with a band of zig-zag pattern, the covers ensuite and set with a biscuit and turquoise-glazed seated lion finial.
50cm (19 3/4in) high. (4).
清康熙 伊萬里式花鳥圖獅鈕蓋罐 一對
Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 5 June 1998
A European private collection
A related Chinese Imari vase, circa 1700, is illustrated by J.Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Stockholm, 1998, p.58, no.52. See also a similar vase and cover, circa 1725-1740, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.I, London, 2016, no.571.
Compare with a pair of related but larger Imari jars and covers, first half of 18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 27 February 2013, lot 86. See also a related pair of Chinese Imari baluster vases and covers, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2013, lot 92.
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Property of a Charitable Foundation Lots 615-630
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
Kangxi
Densely painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in iron-red and gilt with a large long-tailed golden pheasant perched on a tall plinth of blue rockwork between lavishly blossoming leafy branches of tree peony and smaller blossoms, the shoulder and top of the spreading foot with a band of zig-zag pattern, the covers ensuite and set with a biscuit and turquoise-glazed seated lion finial.
50cm (19 3/4in) high. (4).
清康熙 伊萬里式花鳥圖獅鈕蓋罐 一對
Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 5 June 1998
A European private collection
A related Chinese Imari vase, circa 1700, is illustrated by J.Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Stockholm, 1998, p.58, no.52. See also a similar vase and cover, circa 1725-1740, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.I, London, 2016, no.571.
Compare with a pair of related but larger Imari jars and covers, first half of 18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 27 February 2013, lot 86. See also a related pair of Chinese Imari baluster vases and covers, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2013, lot 92.
