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A Transitional wucai 'flying horse' baluster jar with cover, 17th century.
Estimate
15 000 - 20 000 SEK
1 340 - 1 790 EUR
1 360 - 1 820 USD
Hammer price
12 000 SEK
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A Transitional wucai 'flying horse' baluster jar with cover, 17th century.
Vibrantly enamelled around the sides of the jar with four horses in flight amidst rocky outcrops and turbulent waves and scattered floral segments, all on a dense enamel green swirling ground, with ribboned chimes in underglaze blue, the neck with a border of upright lappets in underglaze blue and alternating enamels, the domed cover similarly painted with waves and rocks on a swirling ground, surmounted by a lotus-bud finial. Height 43 cm.
Repairs to the neck.
Provenance
Purchased in these rooms at Bukowskis, 2004, lot no 924.
Literature
Compare; Bonhams 'The Marsh Collection Art for the Literati (Online Only - Part II)' 27 October – 6 November 2023, London, New Bond Street, lot 56.