15th May, 2019 10:00

Country House and Asian Art Auction

 
Lot 232
 

A pair of Chinese cloisonné buffalo vessels

A pair of Chinese cloisonne buffalo vessels

Qing Dynasty

Modelled standing four square and facing, their heads turned to the side, each supporting three conjoined zun vessels on its back, richly enamelled overall with scrolling foliage on a blue ground.

17cm high

Footnote:

PROVENANCE:
A private Cheshire collection, the property of a gentleman.

FOOTNOTE:
Based on a champleve buffalo-form vessel in the collection of the National Palace Museum, Beijing. Another is cited in R.Soame Jenyns & William Wilson Chinese Art Vol.III, p.116, fig.84 as from the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. For a very similar pair see Sotheby's New York Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 Sep 2014, lot 592 and also Christie's King Street, 7 July 1980, lot 123.

Sold for £1,550


Condition Report

Minor to negligible signs of age to both. Both have very small enamel loss to the tops of the tails. Please refer to images.

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