Stoneware. China, late Qing Dynasty, 19th cent.
Tall, funnel-shaped neck with a wide mouth that gives this hu-formed vase its character. Very beautiful grey-brown glaze with fine flowing imagery, which offers powerful, vertical tongues on shoulder and in foot area. Further, a soft horizontal, ribbed relief gives structure to the exterior.
HEIGHT 19 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.