Lot 375
LARGE BRONZE VASE
XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
Description
清 宣德款 銅鑄撇口大瓶
heavily and sturdily cast, the bulbous body elegantly extending to a wide shoulder surmounted with waisted neck, terminating to an everted rim, the base cast with a six-character Xuande mark in a recessed rectangle
Dimensions
29.8cm high; 7.82kg
Provenance
Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.
Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.