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A rare wucai 'boys' charcoal burner, Ming dynasty, Tianqi / Chongzhen period | 明天启 / 崇禎 青花五彩嬰戲圖爐

Auction Closed

March 20, 05:40 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Japanese wood box (3)


Diameter 4⅝ in., 11.8 cm

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28th November 2018, lot 678.


來源:

香港蘇富比2018年11月28日,編號678

See a closely related charcoal burner of children engaged in a sword fight, sold in our London rooms, 7th November 2007, lot 314. Another from the Hirota Collection, with figures depicted in a boat is illustrated in Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan Hirota Fukosai korekushon. Cha no bijutsu hen [Tokyo National Museum Hirota Fukosai Collection. Tea Ceremony Art], Tokyo, 2006, pl. 45; lastly, one with children playing is illustrated in Zenta Nobuyo, Ko sometsuke to shonzui / Ko-sometsuke and Shonzui, Kyoto, 2020, pl. 66.