Page 40 - Sotheby's Chinese Art and Porcelain Auction New York September 12, 2018

123

PROPERTY FROM A BALTIMORE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A RARE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE
WATERPOT
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
of compressed globular form, elegantly potted with generous
rounded sides rising from a concave base to an incurved
mouthrim recessed into the shoulder, the exterior intricately
painted in rich tones of raspberry red with four stylized full,
round blooms of chrysanthemum, peony, lotus and hibiscus,
each borne on a curved leafy spray and surrounded by
stylized foliage, all below a narrow classic-scroll band, the
incurved mouth encircled by a stylized lotus meander and
the foot with triangular lappets, set between underglaze-blue
line borders, the base with a six-character mark in three
vertical columns in underglaze-blue, later metal cover (2)
Diameter 3⅞ in., 9.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of George A. Lucas (1824-1909).
Collection of Jesse G. Kaufman (1883-1976), and thence by
descent.

$ 5,000-7,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ慱塷䲭⚃⬋⛀剙䲳喳㝄⮲
123
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
GeorgeġAįġLucasġĩ1824Į1909Īġ㓞啷
JesseġGįġKaufmanġĩ1883Į1976Īġ㓞啷炻㬌⼴⭞㕷⁛㈧

124

A PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED ‘BEEHIVE’ WATERPOT
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
Þ nely potted of classic domed ‘taibai zun’ form, the slightly
tapered sides rising to a rounded shoulder and short waisted
neck below a lipped mouth rim, the exterior evenly applied
overall save for the rim and base with a glaze of deep rose
shading to grayish-rose and mottled with raspberry tinged
ß ecks, the body faintly incised with three stylized archaistic
dragon roundels, the recessed base with a six-character
mark in underglaze blue
Diameter 5 in., 12.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30th April-1st May 1996, lot 375.
$ 10,000-15,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ寯寮䲭慱⛀漵䲳⣒䘥⮲
124
˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
Ը๕
楁㷗喯⭴㭼1996⸜4㚰30㖍军
5㚰1㖍炻䶐嘇375

38 SOTHEBY’S IMPORTANT CHINESE ART