Sep 16, 2003 10:00 EST
F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain
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BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' PORCELAIN JARLET
Double-Encircled Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Height 5 3/16 inches (13.1cm)
The ovoid jarlet is painted in a very strong blue with two phoenix in flight between fretwork bands and a collar of plantain leaves about the short neck.
PROVENANCE:
Norton Collection (Peking)
A.D. Brankston
Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1963, lot 49
Sotheby's, London, 16 May 1967, lot 96
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
China Institute in America, Ming Porcelains, A Retrospective, Catalogue, 1971 pl. 17
National Palace Museum Taiwan, Ming Blue and White Porcelain,Book II, (Part I), pls. 6, 6a, 6b
Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 1-2 October 1991, lot 744
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 15
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Hsuan-te Ware,1980, pl. 100
CONDITION:
Good state
Sold for $562,500
Estimated at $80,000 - $120,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX' PORCELAIN JARLET
Double-Encircled Six-Character Mark of Xuande (1426-1435) and of the Period
Height 5 3/16 inches (13.1cm)
The ovoid jarlet is painted in a very strong blue with two phoenix in flight between fretwork bands and a collar of plantain leaves about the short neck.
PROVENANCE:
Norton Collection (Peking)
A.D. Brankston
Sotheby's, London, 26 March 1963, lot 49
Sotheby's, London, 16 May 1967, lot 96
SIMILAR EXAMPLES:
China Institute in America, Ming Porcelains, A Retrospective, Catalogue, 1971 pl. 17
National Palace Museum Taiwan, Ming Blue and White Porcelain,Book II, (Part I), pls. 6, 6a, 6b
Christie's Swire, Hong Kong, 1-2 October 1991, lot 744
EXHIBITED:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1971, no. 15
National Palace Museum, Taipei, Hsuan-te Ware,1980, pl. 100
CONDITION:
Good state
Auction: F. Gordon Morrill Collection/Chinese & Chinese Export Porcelain, Sep 16, 2003
