Lot Essay
Sold at Christie's London, 6 September 2006, lot 4022.
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TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1620-83)
Details
A WUCAI BALUSTER VASE AND COVER
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1620-83)
The vessel is decorated with tree shrews clambering on vines laden with grapes between bands of peony and chrysanthemum scroll to the shoulder and lappets to the base, a band of stiff leaves encircles the neck, all divided by double underglaze blue lines, the knopped cover similarly decorated.
15 in. (38.4 cm.) high
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1620-83)
The vessel is decorated with tree shrews clambering on vines laden with grapes between bands of peony and chrysanthemum scroll to the shoulder and lappets to the base, a band of stiff leaves encircles the neck, all divided by double underglaze blue lines, the knopped cover similarly decorated.
15 in. (38.4 cm.) high
Provenance
A Welsh private collection.