Märket tyder 大明宣德年製 (Daming Xuande nianzhi). Som kan översättas till tillverkad under Xuande regeringsperiod under den stora Ming dynastin. Kägelforma med hög uppdragen hals med utvikt bred mynning, på skuldran en qilindrake. Spår av förgyllning. Höjd 31 cm.
Slitage.
From the collection of Karl Wilhelm Gerdhem (1868-1932), Sweden. Thence by decent within the family.
Karl Wilhelm Gerdhem was a notable Swedish technologist and engineer, as well as a collector of Chinese porcelain. One of his most recognizable achievements would be his work with SAT and the other leading telephone company, Ericsson, making him one of the premier figures behind early 20th century telecommunications networking. He acquired much of his collection in the early 1900s in Beijing, during his negotiation with network construction in Guangzhou (1914-1915), before returning to Sweden at the outbreak of the WWI. When he returned to Sweden, he brought with him a rather extensive collection of Chinese Works of Art.
To see other objects from this collection, see
Bukowskis, December 2011, sale 565, lot no 1527, 1347.
Christies, 14 Sept 2017, Live auction 15797. Marchant: Nine Decades in Chinese Art. Lot no 719.
Sothebys, Important Chinese Art /21 March 2018 • New York, Lot 702.