Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Continental & Oriental Silver, Furniture and Decorative Arts including a Collection of Italian Glass
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 855
About this Item
A Cizhou type stoneware vase, Song/Yuan Dynasty
the ovoid body decorated with cream and dark brown slip, with abstract motifs between double line-borders, the neck with four lug handles, chip to the footrim, neck reduced, chips to the lug handles, 27,5cm high
Provenance
Dr William Frederick Purcell (1866-1919), the arachnologist and biologist, and thence by descent. He was a well known collector of Cape furniture and was involved with the restoration of Koopmans De Wet House Museum, Cape Town.
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