Vase - Porcelain - China - Transitional Period

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Porcelain vase from China in Transitional Period (ca. 1640), about 12 cm high, with bamboo and rockwork decoration and an ochre rim, in good condition with a 3 mm rim chip.

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Chinese porcelain vase bamboo décor –China- Transitional period 17th Century

On offer is a 17th Century Chinese porcelain vase with a painted decoration all around with bamboo-grasses issuing from rockwork. The neck has stylized upright standing banana leaves. It has an ochre colored rim (Jia Mangkou). This is not a shipwreck vase. It is an early example of a cabinet vases or étagère vase. In the later 17th and early 18th Century these small vases were highly collectable and very popular with the well-to-do bourgeoisie. These vases were put on wall shelfs and into cabinets. Later in the Kangxi period, the smaller ones were put in dolls houses by wealthy ladies. Provenance: From the private collection of a deceased collector from North Holland.

Note; In a landmark 1984 sale in Amsterdam, Christie's offered Chinese porcelain from a 1640s shipwreck salvaged by the then-unknown Captain Michael Hatcher. Among its cargo similar vases have been found.

Date: Transition period; Chongzhen 1627-1644 ca. 1640.

Size: This vase stands ca. 12cm in height.

Condition: Good, with only a small rim chip (3 mm) and miniature fleabite ().

Will be packed very well and shipped with registered track/trace with insurance. Combined shipping possible, we return postage costs.

No reserve price!

Chinese porcelain vase bamboo décor –China- Transitional period 17th Century

On offer is a 17th Century Chinese porcelain vase with a painted decoration all around with bamboo-grasses issuing from rockwork. The neck has stylized upright standing banana leaves. It has an ochre colored rim (Jia Mangkou). This is not a shipwreck vase. It is an early example of a cabinet vases or étagère vase. In the later 17th and early 18th Century these small vases were highly collectable and very popular with the well-to-do bourgeoisie. These vases were put on wall shelfs and into cabinets. Later in the Kangxi period, the smaller ones were put in dolls houses by wealthy ladies. Provenance: From the private collection of a deceased collector from North Holland.

Note; In a landmark 1984 sale in Amsterdam, Christie's offered Chinese porcelain from a 1640s shipwreck salvaged by the then-unknown Captain Michael Hatcher. Among its cargo similar vases have been found.

Date: Transition period; Chongzhen 1627-1644 ca. 1640.

Size: This vase stands ca. 12cm in height.

Condition: Good, with only a small rim chip (3 mm) and miniature fleabite ().

Will be packed very well and shipped with registered track/trace with insurance. Combined shipping possible, we return postage costs.

Details

Dynastic Style/Period
Transitional Period
Country of Origin
China
Material
Porcelain
Title of artwork
Vase
Condition
Good condition
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