A Chinese brown-and-yellow-glazed Martavan, Soochow, 19th century
Asian Art
LOT 39
A Chinese brown-and-yellow-glazed Martavan, Soochow, 19th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
About this Item
A Chinese brown-and-yellow-glazed Martavan, Soochow, 19th century
the ovoid body with rolled rim, decorated with a frieze of three fiery dragons, between bands of sienna glaze, 34cm high
Provenance
Property of an Oriental Collector.
Literature
cf. Woodward, C.S. (1974) ORIENTAL CERAMICS OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 1652-1795, Cape Town & Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, pg. 154, image 176.
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