Fine Arms, Armour, Spanish Colonial & African
By Scollard Auctions
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Oct 29, 2024
Brea, California, United States
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Fine auction featuring a wide array of high end pieces including edged weapons, antique firearms, antique armour and armour parts from the Higgins Museum, some amazing Spanish Colonial examples including life size santos, antique Chinese, Persian and Islamic pottery, stone and metal work as well as a collection of authentic antique African pieces from a distinguished Beverly Hills collection.
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LOT 420:
Fine Blue & White 'Gu' Shaped Vase w/Archaistic Motifs, Qing Dynasty 17th-18th C.
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Start price:
$
700
Estimated price :
$1,500 - $2,000
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sales tax: 7.75%
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Fine Blue & White 'Gu' Shaped Vase w/Archaistic Motifs, Qing Dynasty 17th-18th C.
Chinese, (Kangxi Period 1661-1722). Very Fine slender gu drinking ritual shaped vase with archaistic motifs painted in blue & white. The vase has a slightly bulbous center with lightly flared base and rare very widely flared top rim. The vase illustrates an earlier style of archaistic\ type decoration often seen on bronze with the animal mask taotiet which is painted to both sides. The lower rim also has two thin bands of blue lines which appear on the foot of the vase. Painted in porcelain cobalt blue or Jingdezhen ware.
For a similar example see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 29.149.6
H 9 1/8";
Wong collection, Los Angeles, CA, US, Mr. Wong was a Hong Kong government translator and court interpreter and amassed his collection in Hong Kong during the mid-1900's-1978.
Condition: No Cracks or Hairline, some pitting with wear to glaze consistent with age and condition.
