South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 4 February 2013
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 13 368
About this Item
A Chinese Tzu Chau vessel, Qing Dynasty, 18th century
the shoulder applied with a spout, painted in dark brown on a creamy slip ground with scrolling foliage and a stylised border stopping short of the lower body and footrim, 20cm high
Provenance
Dr William Frederick Purcell (1866-1919) and thence by descent. William Purcell was an arachnologist and biologist and was involved with the restoration of the Koopmans-De Wet House Museum, Cape Town. He was a known collector of Cape furniture and porcelain.
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