A rare blanc-de-Chine oil lamp and stand. Dehua. 17th century - image-1

Lot 66 Dα

A rare blanc-de-Chine oil lamp and stand. Dehua. 17th century

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 10:00 - China - Porcelain and Ceramics (incl. the Elbrecht Collection)
Estimate: 2.500 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.720 € (incl. premium)
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A rare blanc-de-Chine oil lamp and stand. Dehua. 17th century

A rare blanc-de-Chine oil lamp and stand, the body of compressed form rising from a small circular foot with waisted neck and everted rim, the centre of the interior with a cylindrical holder with an aperture at its base, surrounded by three spur marks, the exterior engraved with five characters in grass script, the bombé stand cut with three openings above the spreading foot. Dehua. 17th century. (2)
Overall size 9.7 cm

17世紀 德化白瓷碗

Provenance

Acquired from H. Gross, Wiesbaden, 1982
Collection Annelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013)

Literature

Compare almost identical oil lamps in: P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, pl. 40A; Robert H. Blumfield, Blanc de Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 35; John Ayers, Blanc den Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, New York, 2002, p. 64