Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Jewellery
Live Auction, 7 October 2019
Chinese and Japanese Ceramics and Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 30 000 - 40 000USD 1 568 - 2 091
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 79 660
About this Item
A large Chinese blue and white vase, Ming Dynasty, Wanli period, 1573-1619
the baluster body boldly painted with an angry scaly kylin and a phoenix amongst flaming clouds contesting a flaming pearl, above a rocky landscape and plantain leaves, the moulded rim with a band of flame-shaped lappets, luting crack, 41,5cm high
Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
Purchased from Christie's South Kensington in the late 1970s
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