6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A CHINESE TRANSITIONAL JAR AND COVER, 17TH CENTURY
the baluster body brightly painted and polychrome enamelled around the exterior with panels enclosing flowers issuing from rockwork, all below peony and stiff leaf bands at the shoulder and short neck, the domed cover with a peony scroll and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, 37cm high
一件明末清初青花盖罐，十七世纪
Sold for £1,400
the baluster body brightly painted and polychrome enamelled around the exterior with panels enclosing flowers issuing from rockwork, all below peony and stiff leaf bands at the shoulder and short neck, the domed cover with a peony scroll and surmounted by a lotus bud finial, 37cm high
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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