Auction 93
AUCTION 93 - ASIAN AND TRIBAL ART
Jun 17, 2021
Piazza Lovatelli, 1, 00186 Roma RM, Italy
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L’asta sarà battuta il 17 giugno 2021 a partire dalle ore 13:00 CEST presso la sede di Bertolami Fine Arts in Piazza Lovatelli, 1 – Roma.
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LOT 15:
A PAIR OF AMBER-GLAZED CERAMIC ‘PHOENIX HEAD’ VASES
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Sold for: €3,200
Start price:
€
1,500
Estimated price:
€2,000 - €3,000
Auction house commission: 26%
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A PAIR OF AMBER-GLAZED CERAMIC ‘PHOENIX HEAD’ VASES
China, Liao dynasty
The high-shouldered vases with tall ribbed neck ending in a phoenix head just below a foliated cup mouth, the exterior covered with an amber glaze stopping short of the unglazed foot, the body of a piece with a fine incised decoration of flowers.
40 cm high each
Provenance: ambassador Francesco Rausi.
A similar vase is in the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath (see B. Shane McElney, The Museum of East Asian. Inaugural Exhibition. Volume I - Chinese Ceramics, Bath 1993, n. 55); another comparable example is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (inv. n. 95.33.1).
