A small "Langyao" vase with cover
Lot-No. 721
Proceeds : 1.100 €
China, 18th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Porcelain with intensive red glaze, at the rims showing the white of the body. Small baluster-shaped vase and domed cover. 2 chips at the inside rims. H. 16 cm. - Prov.: Rare Chinese Bronzes and Works of Art from an important private collection in France (Lot 700 - 721). The following group of bronzes, ceramics and jade objects are part of an old noble collection in Southern France. The collection has been assembled since the 19th cent. By an art-minded entrepreneur and has been in the estate of the family by descent ever since. The family kept manifold private and commercial relations to China and was able to build up an exquisite and important collection. A selection of these marvelous objects is now being offered and is available to the global art market for the very first time. The objects demonstrate the fascination for Chinese and Asian Art and the collecting passion of an intellectual gentleman and connoisseur.
A small "Langyao" vase with cover
A small "Langyao" vase with cover
Lot-No. 721
Proceeds : 1.100 €
China, 18th cent. (Qing-dynasty 1644-1911). Porcelain with intensive red glaze, at the rims showing the white of the body. Small baluster-shaped vase and domed cover. 2 chips at the inside rims. H. 16 cm. - Prov.: Rare Chinese Bronzes and Works of Art from an important private collection in France (Lot 700 - 721). The following group of bronzes, ceramics and jade objects are part of an old noble collection in Southern France. The collection has been assembled since the 19th cent. By an art-minded entrepreneur and has been in the estate of the family by descent ever since. The family kept manifold private and commercial relations to China and was able to build up an exquisite and important collection. A selection of these marvelous objects is now being offered and is available to the global art market for the very first time. The objects demonstrate the fascination for Chinese and Asian Art and the collecting passion of an intellectual gentleman and connoisseur.