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A ZHANGZHOU ENAMELLED A PAIR OF GLAZED ‘ELEPHANT’ A PAIR OF CIZHOU TYPE ‘TIGER’
‘COMPASS’ DISH AND A ZHANGZHOU INCENSE STICK HOLDERS INCENSE HOLDERS
BALUSTER JAR Ming Dynasty or later Ming Dynasty
Ming Dynasty, 17th century Each modelled standing on a leaf form base, Each feline seated on a brown glazed drum-
The first inscribed to the centre 太極 Tienxi with saddle cloth and waisted receptacle, form base, facing forwards and supporting
Yi (Unity Under Heaven), within a twenty-four the body with brown splashed markings, gilt a vase-form incense holder on their backs.
character inscription representing the points bronze mounts. 19cm (7.1/2in) long. (2). 26cm and 25cm (10.1/4in and 9.7/8in) high.
of the Chinese compass and four character (2).
roundels to the cavetto; the jar decorated £1,000 - 1,200
in red, green and turquoise enamels with HK$9,800 - 12,000 £800 - 1,200
shaped panels of birds amongst flowers and CNY8,900 - 11,000 HK$7,800 - 12,000
rockwork, the shoulder with Buddhist lions CNY7,100 - 11,000
and brocade motifs. The dish 33cm (13in)
diam. (2). Provenance
a European private collection, thence by
£1,500 - 2,000 descent.
HK$15,000 - 20,000
CNY13,000 - 18,000
For a jar of similar design see ‘Sekai Toji
Zenshu’, volume 14, Shogakukan Publishing,
p.240, no.248.

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