Lot 71
  • 71

DEUX REPOSE-TÊTES EN GRÈS À GLAÇURE CRÈME DYNASTIE DES SONG DU NORD |

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • 26,2 and 30,5 cm, 10 1/4 and 12 in.
l’un à la partie supérieure arrondie à décor incisé floral, supportée par deux bustes de femmes ailées ; le second en grès cizhou dont la partie supérieure ruyiforme incurvée et creuse à décor incisé de nuages sur fond densément peigné, reposant sur une base pentagonale, les deux recouverts d’une glaçure crème (2)

Provenance

Adela Ocampo de Heimendal (1845-1931), Paris and Buenos Aires.
Madeleine Ocampo de Casares-Lumb, Buenos Aires.
Alberto Casares Ocampo (1928-1998), Buenos Aires.
Thence in the family by descent.

Exhibited

Museo Nacional de Arte Oriental,  Buenos Aires, Inauguracion, 1966, nos. 44 and 45 (according to labels).

Condition

Ruyi-shaped headrest : There is fritting along the raised parts, especially to the bottom part where the glaze has been totally polished. There is a ca. 3.5 x 1.5 cm chip to the left of the upper part. There are some firing flaws and some wear to the surface. The other headrest : There are two large chips (a ca. 2,2 and 1.2 cm) to the upper part to the right. There is a ca. 1,5 x 1,7 cm chip to the head of the left figure and a ca. 1 cm chip to the head of the other one. There are minor firing flaws and light wear to the surface. There is a ca. 4 cm hairline crack to the top.
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