18TH/19TH CENTURY

细节

A PAIR OF UNUSUAL PURPLE-GLAZED PEONY-FORM WATERDROPPERS
18th/19th century
Each molded in the form of a peony blossom with finely incised markings, the interior with a small aperture leading to the base of the hollow stem that serves as a spout, covered allover with a purple glaze that has pooled in the center of the interior
5¾in. (14.6cm.) long (2)

来源

Purchased in China in 1886.

拍品专文

Compare a similar pair of purple-glazed waterdroppers illustrated in The Wonders of the Potter's Palette: Qing Ceramics from the Collection of the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1984, no. 35. See, also, a similar waterdropper with dark blue glaze, illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994, vol. 2, p. 198, pl. 850.