04-23-201304-24-2013
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2647BBoston
April 23, 2013 02:00 PMCalender
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Two Transitional Wucai Enameled Jars with Covers

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$10,800$9,000
Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2647BLocation: BostonDate / Time: April 23, 2013 2:00PM

Description:

Two Transitional WucaiEnameled Jars with Covers, China, 17th century, baluster shape with straight neck, one depicting children at play watched by court ladies in a garden setting; the other (with repairs) depicting a couple surrounded by court officials and guests with gifts to offer in a room setting, the shoulder decorated with a band of cracked ice in underglaze blue, one domed lid with flat rim decorated with carved and openwork ruyi and floral scrolls, ht. 16 1/2 in.

Provenance: From a private Massachusetts collection. The jar with wood cover was on display in the exhibition The Bostonians: Painters of An Elegant Age, 1870-1930, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1986, the Denver Art Museum, and the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, in 1987.
Estimate $700-1,400

One with minor cracks, a hairline crack around the mouth and the carved wood cover has a crack; the other with heavy repairs on the bottom and the cover has a crack.


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Keywords

China, Massachusetts, Painters of An Elegant Age, Terra Museum of American Art, Denver Art Museum, Chicago