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 12 000 - 15 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 38 692
About this Item
A Chinese Export Yixing teapot and cover, 19th century
for the Thai market, the exterior and cover highly polished, the neck and base with metal bands, silvered-metal fixed handle, spout and knop, the base with a dragon seal mark, 16,5cm high including handle; with a Chinese Export silver presentation covered bowl, the domed cover and base with medallions of eight precious objects enclosed by scrolling foliage, zig-zag and diamond-shaped borders, the base inscribed PRESENTED TO MR E J STATHER, raised on four bun feet, with buttoned velvet-lined interior, the cover and base signed with four-character mark,21cm high
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Provenance
The Andrew Newall Collection.
Literature
cf. Hong Kong Museum of Art (1981) Yixing Pottery, The 6th Festival of Asian Arts, Urban Council, illustrated on page 179, illustration 119.