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Rare Published Blanc de Chine Phoenix-17th C. browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Chinese: Pre 1920: item # 141948
Ichiban Japanese & Oriental Antiques Post Office Box 395 Marion, CT 06444-0395 203.272.7392 Guest Book SOLD - $1,695.00 |
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| A rare published miniature blanc de chine ewer moulded and incised in the form of an archaistic phoenix and covered with an white ivory glaze by the famous potter HO CH'AO - CH'UN.. A photo of a nearly identical piece can be seen in plate # 151A of Donnelly's classic book " Blanc de Chine", Faber and Faber, 1969. Donnelly has this to say about that piece - "Ho Ch'ao--ch'un was the younger brother of the famed Ho Ch'ao-tsung. He was a very different type of potter; almost a dilletante. His art contains a strong element of preciosity. - - The brothers are the only potters whose products include both figures and other objects, as witness the charming little bird ewer (the one offered here) of Plate 151A, a felicitous example of mannered archaism. Ho Ch'ao-ch'un's pieces are small and delicate, lighter in construction than his brother's and probably a little later, by, say, 20 years or so. - - - Ho Ch'ao-ch'un worked in the last quarter of the 17th century and the first quarter of the next." (pp. 277,278, Donnelly). Height: 4 3/4" in., circa Kangxi, 1662-1722. There can be no question that the piece offered came from the same potter as the one in the Donnelly book. The fine rhythmic quality of the decoration and incised detailing speaks for itself, especially in the photos taken by natural light. There is a mark on the base, however the glaze is too thick to read it. There is a small break to the mouth which has been carefully reglued (see detail) and there is also a very small loss to the tip of the upper half of the bird's beak. Both quite easily restored by any good ceramics restoration person for a nominal cost. This is an extremely rare piece of the sort that are almost impossible to find these days - much less one with such a superb form and design. | |||||||||||
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