ID 960144
Lot 2803 | A RARE WUCAI MEIPING AND COVER
Estimate value
HKD 300 000 – 500 000
LATE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The meiping is painted with a continuous scene of numerous figures set in a luscious garden with a pavilion, depicting a story from the novel Romance of the Western Chamber. The cover is decorated with fruits, flowers, lingzhi and bamboo emerging next to rocks, and surmounted by a bud-form finial.
11 1/2 in. (29.3 cm.) high
Provenance
William Cleverly Alexander (1840-1916) Collection
Sold at Sotheby’s London, 6 May 1931, lot 170
John Sparks, London, May/June 1931, as recorded in the RHRP ledger
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 240
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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