5th Mar, 2021 10:00

TWO-DAY AUCTION - Fine Chinese Art / 中國藝術集珍 / Buddhism & Hinduism

 
  Lot 197
 

197

A ‘WEIQI PLAYERS’ BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN TRIPOD CENSER, MING DYNASTY
明代青花文人圍棋三足爐

Sold for €1,770

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Lot details

China, 1368-1644. The compressed globular vessel is supported on three feet, rising to a short cylindrical neck and a cupped rim with two upright loop handles. Painted to the exterior with two scholars playing a game of weiqi (go) and a boy flying a kite, in a meadow with craggy rockwork, bamboo, and other plants, all between circumferential lines, the neck with a band of leafy scrolls.

Provenance: French private collection.
Condition: Fritting, developed through extensive use over many years, with associated abrasions and glaze losses at the rim and lip. Pitting, kiln grit and firing cracks as expected. The feet burnt to orange on the underside. The handles tilted to one side. Overall commensurate with age and type of ware.

Weight: 738.6 g
Dimensions: Height 14.8 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related blue and white porcelain tripod censer, of smaller size and dated to the Yuan dynasty, at Sotheby’s London in The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics – The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection on 13 May 2015, lot 36, sold for GBP 27,500.

明代青花文人圍棋三足爐
中國,1368-1644年。鼓腹,三足,圓柱形頸部,一對直立環形爐耳緣。 爐身繪有兩個學者下圍棋,一個男孩放風箏,草地上有岩石,四周有竹子和其他植物。

來源:法國私人收藏
品相:多年來廣泛使用而形成的磨損,在邊緣有擦傷和釉料損失。 預期的點蝕、窯砂和燒裂。 足底燒成橙色。 爐耳向一側傾斜。 總體上年齡爐型相應。

重量:738.6 克
尺寸:高 14.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件元代但尺寸較小的青花三足爐,售于倫敦蘇富比 The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics – The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection 拍場,2015年5月13日, lot 36, 售價GBP 27,500.

 

China, 1368-1644. The compressed globular vessel is supported on three feet, rising to a short cylindrical neck and a cupped rim with two upright loop handles. Painted to the exterior with two scholars playing a game of weiqi (go) and a boy flying a kite, in a meadow with craggy rockwork, bamboo, and other plants, all between circumferential lines, the neck with a band of leafy scrolls.

Provenance: French private collection.
Condition: Fritting, developed through extensive use over many years, with associated abrasions and glaze losses at the rim and lip. Pitting, kiln grit and firing cracks as expected. The feet burnt to orange on the underside. The handles tilted to one side. Overall commensurate with age and type of ware.

Weight: 738.6 g
Dimensions: Height 14.8 cm

Auction result comparison: Compare with a related blue and white porcelain tripod censer, of smaller size and dated to the Yuan dynasty, at Sotheby’s London in The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics – The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection on 13 May 2015, lot 36, sold for GBP 27,500.

明代青花文人圍棋三足爐
中國,1368-1644年。鼓腹,三足,圓柱形頸部,一對直立環形爐耳緣。 爐身繪有兩個學者下圍棋,一個男孩放風箏,草地上有岩石,四周有竹子和其他植物。

來源:法國私人收藏
品相:多年來廣泛使用而形成的磨損,在邊緣有擦傷和釉料損失。 預期的點蝕、窯砂和燒裂。 足底燒成橙色。 爐耳向一側傾斜。 總體上年齡爐型相應。

重量:738.6 克
尺寸:高 14.8 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件元代但尺寸較小的青花三足爐,售于倫敦蘇富比 The Soul of Japanese Aesthetics – The Tsuneichi Inoue Collection 拍場,2015年5月13日, lot 36, 售價GBP 27,500.

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