Important South African & International Art, Furniture, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 17 March 2014
Cape, Colonial, Oriental & Continental Silver, Furniture & Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 270
About this Item
A Chinese Export iron-red and green jar and cover, 18th century
possibly for the Tibetan market, ovoid, painted withthree flaming panels of a figure in meditation seated on a lotus,divided by panels of standing mythological figures with webbed feet, in chain-mail attire, with diaper borders, the cover similarly decorated, minor firing cracks and chips,minor chipping to the footrim, 25cm high
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