$1,896
Blanc de Chine Wine Pot and Cover, China, 19th century, the cylindrical body covered inside and out with transparent glaze suffused with a network of small crackles, except for the mouth rim and the foot ring, molded around the body with two chilong crawling across a molded line, one positioned upside down with its curled body cleverly forming the handle, the other climbing towards the shoulder with its opening jaw forming the spout, a tiny chilong coiling on top of the cover, forming the finial, apocryphal Chenghua four-character mark carved on the base, ht. 4 3/4 in. (5 3/8 in. with cover). Provenance: Ralph M. Chait, 1929. Hairlines to the body section where the chilongs are, and to the foot ring
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-25
