The Gilded Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished American Collection
The Gilded Age Revisited: Property from a Distinguished American Collection
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IRON-RED AND GILT VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Auction Closed
February 2, 06:45 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IRON-RED AND GILT VASES, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each globular body tapering to a slender cylindrical neck with a bulbous mid-section terminating in an everted rim, painted with alternating spiral bands of iron red and white stripes
height 7 3/8 in.; 18.8 cm
The shape of the vase was possibly inspired by Persian metal and ceramic prototypes, while the decoration was probably inspired by Venetian latticino glass of the 17th century. A pair of vases of the same type, but of larger size, also previously in the Benjamin F. Edwards Collection, sold at Christie's New York, January 22, 2003, lot 183, and later in the Hodroff Collection, is illustrated on front cover of Ronald W. Fuchs II and David S. Howard, Made in China: Export Porcelain from the Leo and Doris Hodroff Collection, Winterthur, 2005, cat. no. 106, and was in turn sold at Christie's New York, January 21, 2009, lot 190. The authors also note an identical pair of vases in the collection of Augustus the Strong, Dresden, and included in the 1721 collection inventory.