Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 14 March 2016
Session 2
Lot Estimate
ZAR 70 000 - 80 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 193 256
Shipping
About this Item
An impressive pair of Chinese blue and white jars and covers, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
each baluster body painted with scrolling foliage and lotus flowers between ruyi and lappet borders, the similarly painted cover with spire-shaped finial, restorations and rivets, 64cm high
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Provenance
Sold: The contents of Vergelegen, Somerset West, 1942, lot 97, formerly the property of Sir Lionel and Lady Phillips.
Literature
GE Pearse. (1960) 18th Century Furniture in South Africa, Pretoria: JL van Schaik. Illustrated on page 47, Fig 59.
Graham Viney. (1989) Colonial Houses of South Africa, Cape Town, Struik. Illustrated in colour on page 24, positioned in the voorkamer at Vergelegen.
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