8th May, 2025 10:00
Asian, Indian & Islamic Art
17
Group of ten blue and white vessels
Chinese, 17th and 18th Century
comprising three dishes, 17th Century, decorated with similar stylised designs of fishermen crossing a river on a sampan; a set of two small wine cups and matching saucers, Kangxi, decorated with cranes within cartouches reserved on diaper grounds, two further saucer dishes decorated respectively with a riverside scene depicting four hounds beneath a tall tree and a small hut amidst foliage and a pair of birds, and a further Armorial English soft paste blue and white dish, the largest 15.5cm wide
Provenance: A private English collection via a deceased Estate.
One of the Chinese saucer dishes, Christie’s (London), 18 December 1978, lot 52 (label); the other saucer dish, Christie’s (London?), 12 November 1979, lot 203 (label); the English saucer dish, Christie’s (London), 23 October 1978, lot 45 (label).
Sold for £1,300
Estimated at £150 - £200
Group of ten blue and white vessels
Chinese, 17th and 18th Century
comprising three dishes, 17th Century, decorated with similar stylised designs of fishermen crossing a river on a sampan; a set of two small wine cups and matching saucers, Kangxi, decorated with cranes within cartouches reserved on diaper grounds, two further saucer dishes decorated respectively with a riverside scene depicting four hounds beneath a tall tree and a small hut amidst foliage and a pair of birds, and a further Armorial English soft paste blue and white dish, the largest 15.5cm wide
Provenance: A private English collection via a deceased Estate.
One of the Chinese saucer dishes, Christie’s (London), 18 December 1978, lot 52 (label); the other saucer dish, Christie’s (London?), 12 November 1979, lot 203 (label); the English saucer dish, Christie’s (London), 23 October 1978, lot 45 (label).
The two hexagonal cups and saucers are ok apart from a miniscule nick to the footrim of one cup. Three dishes on the bottom row all have rim frits/chips and wear. Middle row, left and right, both have some firing imperfections. The middle armorial saucer has crazing and a small hair crack.
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Auction: Asian, Indian & Islamic Art, 8th May, 2025
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