LOT 509
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Lot 509
A VERY FINE CHINESE "DRAGON" IMPERIAL TOMB FUNERARY VASE, SONG DYNASTY, KIANGSI REGION.Of bottle form with an applied sculpted dragon encircling the neck above an appiled scalloped ribbon shoulder under a pale whitish celedon glaze with bluish green highlights, The base with an applied "Oriental Ceramic Socy. 1949 Exhibition" oval paper label numbered "88" and a "Cunliffe" label numbered "PT24". Height 11.125 inches (28 cm).
Estimate:
$1,500 - 2,000
€ 1,100 - 1,500
Provenance:
Lord Rolf Cunliff Collection
Exhibition:
Oriental Ceramic Society 1949-1950, item #88 and described in the "Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society" exhibition catalog as folows: "88. Funerary Vase with 'pie crust decoration' on the shoulder and a coiling dragon modelled in high relief around the neck. Ying ch'ing ware. Excavated in the Kiang-si from an Imperial tomb of the Five Dynasties period, Height 11 1/8 "Lord Cunliffe".
Lord Cunliffe, the 2nd Baron Cunliff (English 1889-1963), was an avid collector and discerning connoisseur of early Chinese Arts, specializing in ancient bronzes, jades and ceramics. A long-time Board Member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Lord Cunliffe assembled one of the finest collections of Oriental fine art in Great Britain.
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