ID 992543
Lot 197 | AN ENGLISH SILVER-MOUNTED CHINESE PORCELAIN CELADON-GLAZED TANKARD
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
THE SILVER-MOUNTS, APPARENTLY UNMARKED, CIRCA 1635; THE PORCELAIN, CHINA, 17TH CENTURY
The pale blue porcelain barrel shaped biscuit jar with prunus branches in leaf-shaped cartouches and stiff leaves around the rim, the plain silver-mounted cover with white porcelain recumbent lion, the beaded silver scroll handle with entwined ball thumbpiece
8 1/4 in. (21 cm.) high
Provenance
With Daniel Packer, London 2010.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tankards |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain, Silver |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Category: | Tankards |
| 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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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |





