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A FAHUA-TYPE MODEL OF A SHRINE TO TWO FAHUA FIGURAL GROUPS A LARGE DOCUMENTARY FAHUA
ZHENWU Late Ming Dynasty ‘DRAGON AND LOTUS’ TRIPOD
16th/17th century The first modelled as two gentlemen, possibly INCENSE BURNER
The shrine glazed in deep purple and representing the Hehe Erxian, standing side Dated by inscription to the 16th year of the
turquoise blue with ‘flying’ roofs housing by side, each with one arm wrapped around Wanli reign corresponding to 1587 and of
a seated figure of bearded Xuanwu before the other’s shoulder, one holding a fan; the the period
a snake and turtle, flanked by two guards other modelled as Zhenwu, seated on a The heavily-potted deep bowl supported
beneath coiling dragons, a small figure of high-backed throne, flanked by two attendant on three animal-mask legs, flanked by two
Guanyin in the window above. figures. curved upright handles, the body richly
29cm (11 7/16in) high. The taller 24.7cm (9 3/4in) high. (2). decorated in high relief with two sinuous
dragons confronting a central lotus blossom,
£800 - 1,200 £1,000 - 2,000 two further flowers attached to the back,
CNY7,200 - 11,000 CNY9,000 - 18,000 applied overall in turquoise, ochre and purple
glazes, the rim and handles edged with
Please note this Lot is to be sold at Please note this Lot is to be sold at raised bosses bands, inscribed with names of
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 donors and the maker. 36cm (14 1/8in) high.

十六/十七世紀 琺華釉真武大帝神龕 明晚期 琺華釉仙人像 一組兩件 £4,000 - 6,000
CNY36,000 - 54,000
See a similar example formerly in the personal For a related Fahua figure of Zhenwu, see
collection of Henri Matisse and now in J.Ayers, The Chinese Porcelain Collection Please note this Lot is to be sold at
the collection of the Musée Matisse, Nice, of Marie Vergottis, Lausanne, 2004, no.190; No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價
illustrated by H.Kam-chuen, et al., Paris see also M.Antónia Pinto de Matos, The RA
1730–1930: A Taste for China, Hong Kong, Collection of Chinese Ceramics: A Collector’s 明萬曆十六年 雙龍蓮花紋三足沖耳琉璃香爐
2008, no.146. Vision, London, 2011, no.97.
Provenance: Ton-Ying & Co., Paris (label)
Compare with a similar Fahua model of a Christie’s Paris, 19 December 2012, lot 91
shrine, Ming dynasty, 16th century, which
was sold at Christie’s London, 5 November Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
2013, lot 433. Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London,
2013, no.28.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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