The Property of THE LORD BRABOURNE
TWO CHARLES II SILVER-GILT MOUNTED TRANSITIONAL WULAI BEAKER VASES, each of tapering cylindrical form, one decorated with peonies and exotic birds, the other with fishermen in a wooded rocky landcape and with a poem about the rain and frost, with foot mounts chased with alternating lobes and stylised flowers and with a band of acanthus leaves, one leaf on one lacking, the neck mounts chased with similar stylised flowers, the porcelain mid 17th century, the mounts with maker's mark IV, circa 1680
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TWO CHARLES II SILVER-GILT MOUNTED TRANSITIONAL WULAI BEAKER VASES, each of tapering cylindrical form, one decorated with peonies and exotic birds, the other with fishermen in a wooded rocky landcape and with a poem about the rain and frost, with foot mounts chased with alternating lobes and stylised flowers and with a band of acanthus leaves, one leaf on one lacking, the neck mounts chased with similar stylised flowers, the porcelain mid 17th century, the mounts with maker's mark IV, circa 1680
one 9in. (23cm.) high, the other 8½in. (21.5cm.) high
The same maker's mark was found on a pair of Charles II silver-gilt mounted Chinese porcelain bowls sold from the collection of The Most Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, sold Christie's 17th July 1959, Lot 101. (2)
one 9in. (23cm.) high, the other 8½in. (21.5cm.) high
The same maker's mark was found on a pair of Charles II silver-gilt mounted Chinese porcelain bowls sold from the collection of The Most Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, Burghley House, Lincolnshire, sold Christie's 17th July 1959, Lot 101. (2)