A CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY HU VASE, A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ON-BISCUIT VASE AND COVER, AND A CHINESE APPLE GREEN-GLAZED JAR
26.01.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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4375GBP £ 4 375
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| Event location | United Kingdom, London |
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ID 696727
Lot 251 | A CHINESE GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY HU VASE, A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE ON-BISCUIT VASE AND COVER, AND A CHINESE APPLE GREEN-GLAZED JAR
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
HU VASE, HAN DYNASTY (206 BC - 220 AD); THE OTHER TWO, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The hu covered with a lustrous green glaze, the body and shoulders encircled by triple bow string bands enclosing a pair of taotie mask and fixed-ring handles; the famile verte vase and cover decorated with Daoist emblems and scattered flowerheads on a swirling aubergine ground; the jar covered with an apple-green glaze
Hu: 17 1⁄8 in. (43 cm.) high
Vase and cover: 15 in. (38 cm.) high
Jar: 6 1⁄2 in. (16.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Hu Vase: With Giselle Croes, Brussels, Belgium, 7 May 1990.
The other two acquired from Galerie Myrna Myers, Paris.
All with Ariodante, from whom acquired.
Special notice
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| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items |
| Historical era: | Han dynasty |
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| Auction house category: | Icons, Religious items |
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