Lot 140 , A Chinese blue and white ‘Antiques’ ovoid jar, Kangxi period

A Chinese blue and white ‘Antiques’ ovoid jar, Kangxi period, painted with four shaped reserves of antique vessels or objects on a plum blossom and cracked ice ground, 21.5cm high, wood stand and pierced cover
£800-1,200

Condition:
Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent. This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier. The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale. Originally item 33, a pair of ‘ginger jars’, on the 1948 inventory but only this one jar has survived. There are four star shaped hairline cracks to the interior glazed of the jar which do not appear on the exterior, some grubbiness to the unglazed rim and foot, some scratching and scuffing to the glaze, otherwise in good condition, with no restoration or chips detected. Split and chip to wood cover.

Sold for £1,600