South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts

Live Auction, 6 February 2012

Part 1 - The Walter Beck Collection

Sold for

ZAR 16 153
Lot 25
  • A stoneware martavan, Soo Chou near Shanghai, 18th/19th century


Lot Estimate
ZAR 3 000 - 4 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 16 153

About this Item

A stoneware martavan, Soo Chou near Shanghai, 18th/19th century
ovoid, incised with four panels of fish, feng-hu birds, fruit and foliage, the rim with restoration, 34cm high; and a wooden stand

Literature

cf. CS Woodward, Oriental Ceramics at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1795, Balkema, Cape Town, 1974, page 156, illustration number 178



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