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A FAMILLE-VERTE BISCUIT TABLE-FORM STAND QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Porcelain
- Width 8 in., 20.3 cm
the square top with lobed corners depicting two fishermen poling their skiffs in a picturesque lake, one fisherman admiring the moon's reflection in the placid water, set over a shaped apron with prunus blossoms reserved against a green 'cracked ice' ground and applied with a band of tiny bosses along the edge, all supported on four biscuit cabriole legs issuing from aubergine-enameled beast masks, the base impressed with the seal mark Huangshou xiayou, coll. no. 1502.
Provenance
A & J Speelman, London, 2005.
Literature
Jeffrey P. Stamen and Cynthia Volk with Yibin Ni, A Culture Revealed: Kangxi-era Chinese Porcelain from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, Bruges, 2017, pl. 33.
Condition
The stand with a restored long diagonal crack starting at one corner extending towards the center. The rim with some restored frits. The underside with some firing tears and a small chip to the inside of one apron. There is wear to the enamels.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A similar stand of the same form and palette is in the Palace Museum, Beijing and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Miscellaneous Enamelled Porcelains, Plain Tricoloured Porcelains, Hong Kong, 2009, pl. 206. Another example of the same form boldly painted with travelers in a landscape in the collection of Anthony Gustav de Rothschild is illustrated in Regina Krahl, The Anthony de Rothschild Collection of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, London, 1996, cat. no. 198.