Lot Essay
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EDO PERIOD (LATE 17TH CENTURY), ONE BEAKER VASE SAMSON
Details
An Arita miniature five-piece garniture and a pair of ormolu-mounted doll's house ewers
Edo Period (Late 17th Century), one beaker vase Samson
Comprising three baluster jars and covers and two beaker vases, painted in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels and gilt with flowering chrysanthemum and peony, the jars with petal panels to the shoulder, repeated to the domed cover with bud finial, minor rim chips, one cover restored, 9 cm. high; and a pair of ormulu-mounted blue and white miniature ewers painted with flowers and autumn grasses, one with body crack, 11.5 cm. high (7)
Edo Period (Late 17th Century), one beaker vase Samson
Comprising three baluster jars and covers and two beaker vases, painted in iron-red, green, yellow and black enamels and gilt with flowering chrysanthemum and peony, the jars with petal panels to the shoulder, repeated to the domed cover with bud finial, minor rim chips, one cover restored, 9 cm. high; and a pair of ormulu-mounted blue and white miniature ewers painted with flowers and autumn grasses, one with body crack, 11.5 cm. high (7)
Exhibited
The garniture was exhibited in 'Kensington Palace and the Porcelain of Queen Mary II', Kensington Palace, 1998-1999.
Special notice
Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20.825% of the hammer price for lots with values up to NLG 200,000. If the hammer price exceeds the NLG 200,000 then the premium is calculated at 20.825% of the first NLG 200,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of NLG 200,000.