Description
A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE HOOKAH BASES, 18TH CENTURY
China, 1730-1800. The pair is finely modeled and enameled in slight relief with flowers below a ruyi border in bright turquoise, rose and green enamels with iron-red details painted above the glaze, the necks with matching decorations. (2)
Provenance: Private collection. By repute acquired at Christies South Kensington in the 1990s.
Condition: Excellent condition with minor wear, one with a minimal chip to the rim, the other with a glaze flake. Minor firing flaws.
Weight: 798.4 g and 826 g
Dimensions: Height 17.8 cm
Note the extremely fine spiraling lines at the base.
Literature comparison: See Mary Greensted and Peter Hardie, Chinese Ceramics, The Indian Connection, City of Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, 1982, pages 35 and 36, for two related Hookah bases.
Auction result comparison: Compare with a Wucai Hookah Base from the 17th century at Christies New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 19 September 2006, lot 270, sold for USD $12,000.
一對罕見的粉彩水烟底座,十八世紀
中國,1730-1800。做工細膩,琺琅彩飾花卉紋如意紋,明亮的粉彩釉。
來源:私人收藏,據説購於上世紀九十年代南肯西頓佳士得。
品相:品相極好,一些輕微磨損,邊緣一道小開裂,一些釉面開片,輕微燒製瑕疵。
重量: 798.4 克;826 克
尺寸: 高 17.8厘米