17th Oct, 2024 11:00
TWO-DAY AUCTION: Fine Asian Art, Buddhism and Hinduism
151
A BLUE-GLAZED CARVED ‘FISH’ BALUSTER JAR, JIAJING PERIOD, 1521-1567
Sold for €7,800
including Buyer's Premium
China. Heavily potted, the ovoid sides supported on a short broad foot and rising to a high shoulder surmounted by a gently tapered neck with a lipped rim, finely decorated with neatly carved fish swimming amid aquatic plants, the body covered in a vibrant blue glaze attractively pooling above the foot, the unglazed decoration slightly burnt to orange in the firing.
Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London, United Kingdom, February 1950. The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 648, acquired from the above, thence by descent to their son William A. Palmer, and thence by further descent. The base with an old label inscribed with the Palmer Collection inventory number, ‘648’. A copy of a page from the Palmer Collection ledger listing the present lot, no. 648, and confirming the provenance and dating above, accompanies this lot. The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection was one of the most important private European collections of Chinese art during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Reginald Palmer (1898-1970) was the son of W. Howard (1865-1923) and Ada Palmer (1870-1953), and his grandfather established a successful biscuit manufacturing firm known as Huntley & Palmer in 1841, which remained in the family for three generations. The constant commercial success of the firm enabled members of the family to pursue their collective passion for Chinese art. The first pieces of the Palmer Collection were assembled by Reginald’s father, Howard, who kept a collection of 17th century Chinese porcelain in their Victorian mansion in Berkshire, where pieces of fine Chinese art had been kept even prior to its acquisition by the Palmer family. Reginald married Lena Cobham (d. 1981) in the 1920s and began collecting Ming and early Qing dynasty domestic porcelain ware, deviating from the taste of his parents who collected primarily export ware. The couple joined the Oriental Ceramic Society in the 1940s, but despite varying trends in the market and changing tastes of collectors, they continued to focus on collecting Ming and early Qing porcelain up until Reginald’s death in 1970. Their important and sublime collection was hosted in over ten exhibitions by the OCS.
Condition: Good condition with old wear and firing flaws including minor pitting, few glaze recesses, and small firing cracks. Light scratches, few losses to unglazed decoration, the rim with three short hairlines cracks, the foot with slightly smoothened areas.
Weight: 1,088 g
Dimensions: Height 16.9 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related blue-glazed jar with fish, dated to Ming dynasty, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number CIRC.110-1929.
China. Heavily potted, the ovoid sides supported on a short broad foot and rising to a high shoulder surmounted by a gently tapered neck with a lipped rim, finely decorated with neatly carved fish swimming amid aquatic plants, the body covered in a vibrant blue glaze attractively pooling above the foot, the unglazed decoration slightly burnt to orange in the firing.
Provenance: Bluett & Sons, London, United Kingdom, February 1950. The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 648, acquired from the above, thence by descent to their son William A. Palmer, and thence by further descent. The base with an old label inscribed with the Palmer Collection inventory number, ‘648’. A copy of a page from the Palmer Collection ledger listing the present lot, no. 648, and confirming the provenance and dating above, accompanies this lot. The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection was one of the most important private European collections of Chinese art during the late 19th and 20th centuries. Reginald Palmer (1898-1970) was the son of W. Howard (1865-1923) and Ada Palmer (1870-1953), and his grandfather established a successful biscuit manufacturing firm known as Huntley & Palmer in 1841, which remained in the family for three generations. The constant commercial success of the firm enabled members of the family to pursue their collective passion for Chinese art. The first pieces of the Palmer Collection were assembled by Reginald’s father, Howard, who kept a collection of 17th century Chinese porcelain in their Victorian mansion in Berkshire, where pieces of fine Chinese art had been kept even prior to its acquisition by the Palmer family. Reginald married Lena Cobham (d. 1981) in the 1920s and began collecting Ming and early Qing dynasty domestic porcelain ware, deviating from the taste of his parents who collected primarily export ware. The couple joined the Oriental Ceramic Society in the 1940s, but despite varying trends in the market and changing tastes of collectors, they continued to focus on collecting Ming and early Qing porcelain up until Reginald’s death in 1970. Their important and sublime collection was hosted in over ten exhibitions by the OCS.
Condition: Good condition with old wear and firing flaws including minor pitting, few glaze recesses, and small firing cracks. Light scratches, few losses to unglazed decoration, the rim with three short hairlines cracks, the foot with slightly smoothened areas.
Weight: 1,088 g
Dimensions: Height 16.9 cm
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related blue-glazed jar with fish, dated to Ming dynasty, in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number CIRC.110-1929.
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