A RARE PALE CREAM-GLAZED TORTOISE-FORM WATER DROPPER

Lot 1025
25.03.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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$ 8 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 718696
Lot 1025 | A RARE PALE CREAM-GLAZED TORTOISE-FORM WATER DROPPER
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
A RARE PALE CREAM-GLAZED TORTOISE-FORM WATER DROPPER

SONG-YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

The vessel is modeled in the form of a tortoise with its open mouth forming the spout. The shell is set with a rope-twist handle, and the vessel is covered in a pale beigish-cream glaze.

4 1⁄2 in. (11.5 cm.) long, cloth box







Provenance

The J. M. Hu (1911-1995), Zande Lou Collection.





Literature

Helen D. Ling and Edward T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Pavilion of Ephemeral Attainment, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1950, no. 2.
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