BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE WITH COVER
CHENGHUA MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: 12 September 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
清 成化款 青花纏枝花卉囍字紋將軍罐帶蓋 連木座
painted on the widest parts of body with four double-happiness characters reserved on a ground densely painted with tendrils and flower heads, the cover similarly decorated, base with an apocryphal four-character Chenghua mark, on a carved hardwood stand
Dimensions
44.2cm high
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh; Collected Asian Art in the 1960s to 1970s whilst working in Asia for The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (HSBC) as a senior executive. Thence by descent.