Lot 726
PEACHBLOOM-GLAZED BEEHIVE WATER POT
KANGXI MARK BUT POSSIBLY LATER
Auction: Japanese Works of Art
£2,500
Description
the hemispherical body rising to a short, slightly flaring neck, incised around the exterior with three archaistic dragon roundels, the glaze of pink strawberry tone mottled with areas of copper-green, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark
Dimensions
12cm diam
Footnote
Provenance:
The Collection of Douglas Bland (1923-1975). Thence by family descent.
Douglas Bland was a prominent artist active mainly in Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century. Many of his works were exhibited during his life and are currently part of the Hong Kong Museum of Art and City Hall collections.