ID 1030813
Lot 2 | FIFTY-FIVE CHINESE STONEWARE MODELS OF FRUIT
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, SOME WITH PARTIAL WAX IMPORT SEALS, ONE WITH PRINTED 'CHINA' STAMP
Some for use as offerings on an ancestral altar, the group including peaches, pomegranates, Buddha's hand lemons and others, all with colorful glazes and applied leaves and stems
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long, the largest
Provenance
The Wanda Toscanini Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 10 April 1999, lot 569 (nine examples).
New Orleans Auction Galleries, 22 March 2002, lots 401 and 402 (eleven examples).
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Stoneware |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Toys and Models |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Stoneware |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Category: | Toys and Models |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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