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A Transitional wucai 'flying horse' baluster jar with cover, 17th century.
Hammer price
12 000SEK
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK

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.

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
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