Lot Essay
A similar Ge ware flower-shaped cup, dated Yuan dynasty, 13th or 14th century, is illustrated in by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 1, London, 1994, p. 217, no. 377.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COLLECTION
A PENTAFOIL GE-TYPE BRUSH WASHER
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
Details
A PENTAFOIL GE-TYPE BRUSH WASHER
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The washer is modeled in the form of a five-lobed flower and is covered overall in a pale blue-grey crackle-suffused glaze.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide
YUAN-MING DYNASTY (1279-1644)
The washer is modeled in the form of a five-lobed flower and is covered overall in a pale blue-grey crackle-suffused glaze.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) wide
Provenance
Christie’s New York, 2 December 1985, lot 163.
Brought to you by
Rufus Chen (陳嘉安)
Head of Sale, AVP, Specialist