Lot 167

COPPER-RED 'PEONY' YUHUCHUN VASE
20TH CENTURY OR EARLIER




Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 16 May 2023 from 10:00 BST
£2,520
Description
二十世紀或以前 釉裏紅纏枝牡丹紋玉壺春瓶
the pear-shape body supported on a short foot, surmounted by a waisted neck flaring at the mouth, painted in copper red with a broad band of undulating stems of blossoming peony flowers with foliage, all between upright lappets at the base and beneath a band of a keyfret border, similarly decorated with peony at the neck
Dimensions
31.5cm high
Footnote
Note: A closely comparable copper-red 'peony' yuhuchung vase, dated to the Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2019, lot 3610.



