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A RARE WUCAI SQUARE-SECTION JARDINÈRE

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30.05.2023 05:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 960160
Lot 2801 | A RARE WUCAI SQUARE-SECTION JARDINÈRE
A RARE WUCAI SQUARE-SECTION JARDINÈRE

MING DYNASTY, MID 17TH CENTURY

The sides are decorated with flowering branches of peach, magnolia, prunus and bamboo that emerge next to rocks and birds. The base is inscribed with a Xuande four-character mark.

5 3/4 in. (14.7 cm.) high





Provenance

Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Clark Collection, United Kingdom, no. 248

Sold at Sotheby’s London, 24 March 1953, lot 61

John Sparks, London, 27 March 1953

The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 668



Literature

The Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935, pp. 129 & 151, cat. no. 1560

Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 40-41, no. 10



Exhibited

London, The Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 28 November 1935- 7 March 1936, ser. nos. 2555

London, The Exhibition of Chinese Art, 8 – 28 January 1938, as recorded in the RHRP ledger

London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, Polychrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 1950, no. 70, as recorded in the RHRP ledger and according label

Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Porcelain
Place of origin:China, Eastern Asia, Asia
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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