Description
A PAIR OF LARGE ‘ZUN’ PORCELAIN VASES, KANGXI
China, 1662-1722. Finely painted in cobalt-blue under the glaze with various scholar’s items within an array of vertical bands of ruyi, lappets, lotus scrolls and peonies, and two fierce dragons within. The bases with double circles. (2)
Provenance: From the collection of Georg Weifert (1850-1937). Thence by descent in the same family. Weifert was a Serbo-Austrian industrialist and the first governor of the Federal Bank of the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia.
Condition: Overall good condition with old wear and traces of use, firing cracks and other irregularities, some fritting and open bubbles, related losses with old fillings, all as expected on this type of ware. One vase with a small circular impact area with associated glaze losses and minor hairlines.
Weight: 3.6 kg each
Dimensions: Height 42.5 cm each
Auction result comparison: For another Kangxi period Zun-shaped vase, in restored condition, see Christie’s, Art d’Asie, Paris, 15 December 2010, Lot 147, sold for EUR €39,400.
一對青花開光博古紋瓶,康熙
中國,1662-1722。青花釉下彩描繪文人文房用品,瓶底雙圈款。
來源:Georg Weifert (1850-1937)收藏,同一家族保存至今 。Weifert曾爲塞爾維亞中央銀行大班以及塞爾維亞、克羅地亞與斯洛文尼亞聯邦銀行大班。
品相:整體品相良好,一些老磨損和使用痕跡,燒製瑕疵,一些窯砂和氣泡,符合其年代品相。其中一個花瓶有圓形碰撞跡象,釉面缺損和髮絲綫裂縫。
重量:分別為3.6 公斤
尺寸: 高分別爲 42.5 厘米