12th Mar, 2026 11:00
The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers Part 2
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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE EWERS, TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve
Sold for €1,430
including Buyer's Premium
China, 17th century (ewers); Northern Europe, 18th century (mounts). Each of baluster form, rising from a gently flaring foot to a rounded body and tall, tapering neck, fitted with a slightly flared mount and a high strap handle springing from the shoulder and curving upward to meet the rim.
Both bodies are finely painted in underglaze blue: the first decorated with elements from the ‘hundred antiques’ (ba bao) repertoire, including a tripod vessel and various scholar’s implements, with the neck encircled by a dotted and a ruyi band, and the mouth rim further adorned with dotted and scrolling cloud bands; the second depicting a landscape with rocky outcrops and a figure in a boat on water among scholar’s objects, with additional dotted bands to the neck.
Both are fitted with gilt-bronze mounts shaped as leaves. (4)
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition overall. The porcelain: old wear and some firing flaws, including fritting to the mouth, pitting, and few dark spots. Small chips to the foot. The bronze mounts: warping, losses and repairs.
Weight: 1,242 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 20 cm (each excl. cover), 22.3 cm (each incl. cover)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 20 November 2020, lot 27
Price: USD 6,930 or approx. EUR 7,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.
Description: A Chinese blue and white porcelain ewer with silver-gilt mounts, the porcelain circa 1640; the mounts maker's mark hv probably for Heinrich Udesheim, Bonn, circa 1735
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze and mounting. Note the larger size (26.5 cm) and that the present lot is a pair.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 6 February 2025, lot 77
Price: USD 5,040 or approx. EUR 4,500 converted at the time of writing
Description: A matched pair of gilt-white metal mounted Chinese porcelain blue and white ewers, the porcelain Transitional period, circa 1650, the mounts North European, possibly Germany or Netherlands, late 17th/early 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form, glaze and mountings. Note the larger size (26 cm).
China, 17th century (ewers); Northern Europe, 18th century (mounts). Each of baluster form, rising from a gently flaring foot to a rounded body and tall, tapering neck, fitted with a slightly flared mount and a high strap handle springing from the shoulder and curving upward to meet the rim.
Both bodies are finely painted in underglaze blue: the first decorated with elements from the ‘hundred antiques’ (ba bao) repertoire, including a tripod vessel and various scholar’s implements, with the neck encircled by a dotted and a ruyi band, and the mouth rim further adorned with dotted and scrolling cloud bands; the second depicting a landscape with rocky outcrops and a figure in a boat on water among scholar’s objects, with additional dotted bands to the neck.
Both are fitted with gilt-bronze mounts shaped as leaves. (4)
Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition overall. The porcelain: old wear and some firing flaws, including fritting to the mouth, pitting, and few dark spots. Small chips to the foot. The bronze mounts: warping, losses and repairs.
Weight: 1,242 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 20 cm (each excl. cover), 22.3 cm (each incl. cover)
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 20 November 2020, lot 27
Price: USD 6,930 or approx. EUR 7,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing.
Description: A Chinese blue and white porcelain ewer with silver-gilt mounts, the porcelain circa 1640; the mounts maker's mark hv probably for Heinrich Udesheim, Bonn, circa 1735
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, glaze and mounting. Note the larger size (26.5 cm) and that the present lot is a pair.
Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s New York, 6 February 2025, lot 77
Price: USD 5,040 or approx. EUR 4,500 converted at the time of writing
Description: A matched pair of gilt-white metal mounted Chinese porcelain blue and white ewers, the porcelain Transitional period, circa 1650, the mounts North European, possibly Germany or Netherlands, late 17th/early 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the related form, glaze and mountings. Note the larger size (26 cm).
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