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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY 女士藏品

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A RARE CHINESE IMARI CISTERN AND COVER
18th century
The cistern raised on faux-bois ruyi feet crowned
and with a domed cover, delicately painted
with sprays of blossoming peonies, lotus and
meandering scrolls below an ornamental cornice
decorated with key-fret, lappets and ruyi bands, the
sides flanked by animal mask and ring handles, all
vibrantly painted in underglaze-blue, iron-red, peach
and gilt, wood stand.
63cm (24 7/8in) high. (3).

£10,000 - 15,000
CNY89,000 - 130,000

十八世紀 仿伊萬里花卉紋水槽

Provenance: an Italian private collection

來源： 意大利私人收藏

A related cistern and cover, circa 1735-45, is
illustrated by W.R.Sargent, Treasures of Chinese
Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum,
New Haven, 2012, pp.134-135, no.44. Sargent
notes that ‘Eighteenth-century diners used such
fountains to wash their hands between courses.’
And also that the ‘arch-shaped panel’ which
is noticeable in the present lot as well, ‘reveals
influences from Persian architecture.’

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