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A JAMES I SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE AND COVER

Lot 74
06.02.2025 00:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1360177
Lot 74 | A JAMES I SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE AND COVER
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
A JAMES I SILVER-GILT MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE AND COVER
THE PORCELAIN LATE MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD (1573-1620) OR TIANQI PERIOD (1621-1627), THE MOUNTS PROBABLY ENGLISH, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The baluster-form bottle painted to the lower body with cranes in four circular reserves spaced by incised lattice, the shoulder with a band of Arabic inscriptions below scrolling flowers and foliage, the neck painted with knots and tassels, the plain neck band prick engraved with a coat-of-arms, the screw-off domed cover with ring finial, apparently unmarked
10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
The Persian inscription consists of a ruba'i (quatrain) by Umar Khayyam which can translate to:
'Mankind is like a sorahi (a long-necked bottle) [and] the soul like wine. The body is like a ney (reed, simple flute) [with] a voice within. Khayyam, do you know what a mortal is? A fanus (a lantern which revolves by the smoke of the candle in it) with a light within.'




Provenance

With J.J. Klejman, New York, by May 1968.
The Collection of Evelyn Annenberg Hall; Christie's, New York, 29 March 2006, lot 101.



Literature

T. Schroder, Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection, London, 2012, cat. no. 54, pp. 230-231.
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