Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
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Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 690
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About this Item
A Chinese cloisonné enamel bowl, Qing Dynasty, 19th century
the bulbous body enamelled with four seahorses, haima, amongst scrolling clouds, above a band of stylised waves against a turquoise ground, the rim with ruyi-head border, raised on a low circular foot, engraved fang Ming (in Ming style), 13,5cm diameter
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
Literature
cf. Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz, translated from the German by Susanna Swoboda (1989) Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, the Asia Society Galleries, New York, in Association with Bamboo Publishing, London, 1989, illustration 357, where a similar bowl is illustrated
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