A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722) - image-1
A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722) - image-2
A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722) - image-1A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722) - image-2

Lot 83 Dα

A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722)

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
05.12.2014, 10:00 - China - Porcelain and Ceramics (incl. the Elbrecht Collection)
Estimate: 12.000 € - 15.000 €
Result: 49.600 € (incl. premium)
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A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662–1722)

A rare small blanc-de-Chine phoenix-form ewer and cover of ovoid form, the ewer is moulded as if encased by the body of a phoenix standing facing forward with the beak open to form the spout and the upswept tail forming the handle. The domed cover has a round finial. Impressed mark He Chaochun. Dehua. Kangxi period (1662-1722).
Height 12.5 cm

康熙 德化白瓷鳳形執壺《何朝宗印》款

Provenance

Collection Annelotte Elbrecht (1924-2013)

Literature

Compare an almost identical ewer in: P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, London, 1969, Pl. 151 A and the mark F1aa, p. 356