Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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RARE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SIXTEEN-RIBBED BOTTLE VASE
Mid 14th century
Height 6 3/8 inches (16.2 cm)
The ribbed, melon-form vessel is raised on a wide, short flaring foot and is set with a cylindrical neck with everted mouth. The inside of the neck is set with a slab of porcelain pierced with seven holes, probably for holding flower stems. The body is decorated on alternating ribs with vertical vines bearing lingzhi, chrysanthemums, lilies, blackberries, camellias and others.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 16 May 1967, lot 80
SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
John Alexander Pope, Fourteenth Century Blue and White. A Group of Chinese Porcelains in the Topkapu Sarayi Muzesi, Istanbul.
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 129
CONDITION:
Triangular chip (7 x 7 x 12 mm) at the edge of the foot and a flat chip on the foot base
Sold for $20,000
Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
RARE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SIXTEEN-RIBBED BOTTLE VASE
Mid 14th century
Height 6 3/8 inches (16.2 cm)
The ribbed, melon-form vessel is raised on a wide, short flaring foot and is set with a cylindrical neck with everted mouth. The inside of the neck is set with a slab of porcelain pierced with seven holes, probably for holding flower stems. The body is decorated on alternating ribs with vertical vines bearing lingzhi, chrysanthemums, lilies, blackberries, camellias and others.
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, London, 16 May 1967, lot 80
SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
John Alexander Pope, Fourteenth Century Blue and White. A Group of Chinese Porcelains in the Topkapu Sarayi Muzesi, Istanbul.
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 129
CONDITION:
Triangular chip (7 x 7 x 12 mm) at the edge of the foot and a flat chip on the foot base
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
