A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 72. A very rare wucai 'phoenix' jardinière, Mark and period of Jiajing | 明嘉靖 五彩穿花鳳紋花盆 《大明嘉靖年製》款.

A very rare wucai 'phoenix' jardinière, Mark and period of Jiajing | 明嘉靖 五彩穿花鳳紋花盆 《大明嘉靖年製》款

No reserve

Import TariffNo Reserves

Auction Closed

March 22, 07:08 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A very rare wucai 'phoenix' jardinière 

Mark and period of Jiajing 

明嘉靖 五彩穿花鳳紋花盆 《大明嘉靖年製》款


the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue around a central drain hole


Height 5⅞ in., 14.9 cm 

Collection of Professor Charles Gabriel (1873-1940) and Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965), acquired in the United Kingdom prior to December 1950.  

Sotheby's London, 11th May 1954, lot 37. 

Sotheby's London, 26th May 1964, lot 109. 

Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). 

Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. M.3.3.

 

Charles Gabriel 教授 (1873-1940) 及 Brenda Zara Seligman (1882-1965) 收藏，1950年12月之前得於英國

倫敦蘇富比1954年5月11日，編號37

倫敦蘇富比1964年5月26日，編號109

吳權博士 (1910-1997) 收藏

吳蓮伯博物院，1968年至今，編號M.3.3

This exceptionally rare jardinière compares closely with a Jiajing mark and period wucai 'dragon' jardinière of the same bell-shaped form but complete with its original wide everted rim, formerly in the collection of the Toguri Museum, sold in our London rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 604, now in the Alan Chuang Collection, illustrated in Julian Thompson, The Alan Chuang Collection of Chinese Porcelain, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 25.