South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 6 February 2012
Part 2 - Jewellery & Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 20 000 - 25 000
About this Item
Ten Chinese Export blue and white teabowls and saucers, circa 1725
'Search for Plum Blossom' pattern, each piece with scholar on horseback searching for plum blossom, an attendant walking behind holding a plum branch, some with hairline cracks, the rims with fritting chips, the saucers 11,5cm diameter
(20)
Provenance
Sold: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, Made in Imperial China, 76 000 pieces of Chinese Export Porcelain from the Ca Mau Shipwreck, circa 1725, 29-31 January 2007