Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SMALL GUAN
Double-Encircled Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Height 5 1/8 inches (13 cm)
Decorated with a continuous panel of grapevines and grapes with lappet-dart bands about the foot and shoulder.
PROVENANCE:
Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, sold Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1968, lot 127, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
Percival David Foundation, Margaret Medley, Catalogue, Section 3, p. VIII, no. A608
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971
ILLUSTRATED:
Margaret Medley, "Regrouping 15th Century Blue and White", Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1962-1963, vol. 34, pl. 10a, 10b and discussed on p. 93
CONDITION:
Good state
Sold for $275,000
Estimated at $60,000 - $80,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN SMALL GUAN
Double-Encircled Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Height 5 1/8 inches (13 cm)
Decorated with a continuous panel of grapevines and grapes with lappet-dart bands about the foot and shoulder.
PROVENANCE:
Mrs. Walter Sedgwick, sold Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1968, lot 127, Spink & Son as agent
SIMILAR EXAMPLE:
Percival David Foundation, Margaret Medley, Catalogue, Section 3, p. VIII, no. A608
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971
ILLUSTRATED:
Margaret Medley, "Regrouping 15th Century Blue and White", Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1962-1963, vol. 34, pl. 10a, 10b and discussed on p. 93
CONDITION:
Good state
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
