Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 16 March 2015
Cape & Colonial Silver, Furniture & Dec Arts, The Harvey Collection of Africana & SA & Int Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 150 000 - 200 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 227 360
About this Item
A Japanese Arita blue and white VOC dish, Edo period, late 17th century
decorated in underglaze-blue with the VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) monogram enclosed by a long-tailed ho-o bird, pomegranates and sprays of prunus blossom, the rim with six radiating panels painted with peonies and bamboo, 36cm diameter
Provenance
The Collection of the Late Dr Albert Herzog. Sold Stephan Welz & Co. in Association with Sotheby's, Johannesburg, Monday 2 August 1993, lot 303