ID 1070488
Lot 2714 | A SUPERBLY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLOWER AND FRUIT SPRAY’ MEIPING
Estimate value
HKD 4 000 000 – 6 000 000
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby’s New York, 24 May 1974, lot 420 (sold as a pair)
Collection of T.Y. Chao (1912-1999)
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, The T.Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections of Important Chinese Ceramics and Jade Carvings: Part II, 19 May 1987, lot 271
Literature
- Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, no. 79b
- Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 63
- Liu Liang-yu, A Survey of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 5: Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, Taipei, 1991, p. 180
- Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Taipei, 1992, p.210-211, no. 88
- Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, p. 222-223, no. 94
- The Official Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 215
Exhibited
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Ming and Ch’ing Porcelain from the Collection of the T.Y. Chao Family Foundation, Hong Kong, 1978, no. 79b
- Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Porcelain in the S.C. Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, no. 63
- Chang Foundation, Blue and White Porcelain from the Tianminlou Collection, Taipei, 1992, no. 88
- Shanghai Museum, Blue and White Porcelain from the Collection of Tianminlou Foundation, Shanghai, 1996, p. 222-223, no. 94
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Historical era: | Qianlong period |
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
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