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 25 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 51 210
About this Item
A small Chinese cloisonné jar, Ming Dynasty, 17th century
of compressed globular form, divided into seven lobes, each lobe decorated with a single lotus flower, supporting one of the eight Buddist treasures against a turquoise ground, the shoulder with a band of overlapping lotus petals around the fire-gilt rim, 4,3cm high
Provenance
See Sotheby’s, London, 5 November 2008, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, lot 78.
The Andrew Newall Collection.
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