15th Oct, 2021 10:00

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

 
  Lot 224
 

224

A SOFT-PASTE ANHUA-INCISED BEAKER VASE, GU, MID-QING
清代中期暗花觚式瓶

Sold for €2,528

including Buyer's Premium


Lot details

China, 18th century. The spreading foot and flaring neck each incised with stiff palm leaves, all below a key-fret band around the mouth rim, covered overall in a finely crackled glaze of decent ivory-white tone.

Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965). Haniel was a German industrial magnate and a member of the Haniel family, one of the wealthiest in Germany, and of which many members were avid art collectors and patrons, altogether building a substantive collection over the centuries.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as firing cracks, dark spots, and glaze recesses, all exactly as expected. One hairline to the rim.

Weight: 704.6 g
Dimensions: Height 17.4 cm, Diameter 13.7 cm

Anhua is a term used in Chinese ceramics meaning ‘secret’ or ‘hidden’ decoration. The designs being visible through transmitted light, produced either by incising them into the porcelain before glazing and firing, or by delicate ‘slip-trailing’ on the porcelain body.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related but larger (32.6 cm high) soft-paste incised gu vase, dated 18th-19th century, at Christie’s New York in Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago on 10-17 September 2019, lot 27, sold for USD 5,625. Compare also a pair of related but larger (41.2 cm high) soft-paste incised gu vases, dated to the Kangxi period, at Sotheby’s New York in Chinese Works of Art on 21-22 September 2005, lot 93, sold for USD 9,000.

清代中期暗花觚式瓶
中國,十八世紀。三段式觚式瓶,喇叭口下和鳳尾足処都飾有芭蕉葉紋,通體覆蓋著精細開片象牙白色釉。

來源Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965)私人收藏。Haniel先生曾是是德国工业巨头和Haniel家族的成员,Haniel家族是德国最富有的家族之一,其中许多成员都是熱情的艺术收藏家和赞助人,几个世纪以来共同建立了大收藏。
品相: 品相良好,有輕微的磨損和燒製缺陷,如燒製裂紋、黑點和釉面凹陷,完全符合預期。 一條細裂紋到邊緣。

重量:704.6 克
尺寸:高17.4 厘米, 直徑13.7 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近但更大 (高32.6 厘米) 觚式瓶,十八至十九世紀,見紐約佳士得 Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago,2019年9月10-17日,lot 27,售價USD 5,625。一對相近但更大 (高41.2 厘米) 的觚式瓶,康熙年代,見紐約蘇富比 Chinese Works of Art,2005年9月21-22日,lot 93,售價USD 9,000

 

China, 18th century. The spreading foot and flaring neck each incised with stiff palm leaves, all below a key-fret band around the mouth rim, covered overall in a finely crackled glaze of decent ivory-white tone.

Provenance: From the private collection of Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965). Haniel was a German industrial magnate and a member of the Haniel family, one of the wealthiest in Germany, and of which many members were avid art collectors and patrons, altogether building a substantive collection over the centuries.
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and firing flaws, such as firing cracks, dark spots, and glaze recesses, all exactly as expected. One hairline to the rim.

Weight: 704.6 g
Dimensions: Height 17.4 cm, Diameter 13.7 cm

Anhua is a term used in Chinese ceramics meaning ‘secret’ or ‘hidden’ decoration. The designs being visible through transmitted light, produced either by incising them into the porcelain before glazing and firing, or by delicate ‘slip-trailing’ on the porcelain body.

Auction result comparison: Compare a related but larger (32.6 cm high) soft-paste incised gu vase, dated 18th-19th century, at Christie’s New York in Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago on 10-17 September 2019, lot 27, sold for USD 5,625. Compare also a pair of related but larger (41.2 cm high) soft-paste incised gu vases, dated to the Kangxi period, at Sotheby’s New York in Chinese Works of Art on 21-22 September 2005, lot 93, sold for USD 9,000.

清代中期暗花觚式瓶
中國,十八世紀。三段式觚式瓶,喇叭口下和鳳尾足処都飾有芭蕉葉紋,通體覆蓋著精細開片象牙白色釉。

來源Dr. Franz Haniel (1883-1965)私人收藏。Haniel先生曾是是德国工业巨头和Haniel家族的成员,Haniel家族是德国最富有的家族之一,其中许多成员都是熱情的艺术收藏家和赞助人,几个世纪以来共同建立了大收藏。
品相: 品相良好,有輕微的磨損和燒製缺陷,如燒製裂紋、黑點和釉面凹陷,完全符合預期。 一條細裂紋到邊緣。

重量:704.6 克
尺寸:高17.4 厘米, 直徑13.7 厘米

拍賣結果比較:一件相近但更大 (高32.6 厘米) 觚式瓶,十八至十九世紀,見紐約佳士得 Chinese Art from the Art Institute of Chicago,2019年9月10-17日,lot 27,售價USD 5,625。一對相近但更大 (高41.2 厘米) 的觚式瓶,康熙年代,見紐約蘇富比 Chinese Works of Art,2005年9月21-22日,lot 93,售價USD 9,000

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