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A Transitional wucai 'flying horse' baluster jar with cover, 17th century.

Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 460 - 1 950 EUR
1 700 - 2 270 USD
Hammer price
12 000 SEK
Bidding requires special pre approval.
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A Transitional wucai 'flying horse' baluster jar with cover, 17th century.

Vibrantly enamelled around the sides of the jar with four horses in flight amidst rocky outcrops and turbulent waves and scattered floral segments, all on a dense enamel green swirling ground, with ribboned chimes in underglaze blue, the neck with a border of upright lappets in underglaze blue and alternating enamels, the domed cover similarly painted with waves and rocks on a swirling ground, surmounted by a lotus-bud finial. Height 43 cm.

Repairs to the neck.

Provenance

Purchased in these rooms at Bukowskis, 2004, lot no 924.

Literature

Compare; Bonhams 'The Marsh Collection Art for the Literati (Online Only - Part II)' 27 October – 6 November 2023, London, New Bond Street, lot 56.