Sturdily potted with bulbous sides rising from a heavily potted foot to a waisted neck and flaring rim, the exterior painted with a continuous scene symbolizing a hundred antiques and precious objects, among them a scroll painting that folds out to reveal a landscape, all this below a band with panels depicting books, scrolls, a qin instrument and a board game. Height 17.5 cm. Diameter 24.8 cm.
Restored.
Alkuperä - Provenienssi
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Christies, Paris, Auction 5413, lot no 341.
Lisätietoja ja kuntoraportit
Tietoa ostamisesta
Muiden katsomia kohteita
