A rare 'Kinrande' ewer and cover, China, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century
Lot 454. A rare 'Kinrande' ewer and cover, China, Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century. Estimate 5000/8000 €. Lot sold 30.000 € © 2015 Nagel Auctions
the flattened pear-shaped body standing on a high splayed foot, modeled with raised peach-shaped panels with traces of gilding within a green and turquoise enamel stiff leaf border, against a woven ground with lobed floral reserves, the slender upturned spout with a scroll strut terminating at the body with a mythical beast, set opposite a long strap handle, the neck with a wide band of stiff upright leaves, the fitted cover with an animal-shaped finial - H. 28,7 cm - Wear, cover with re-stuck piece, tip of spout chipped
Provenance: Former old European private collection
Notes: Ewers of this type are found in several museum collections. Two in the Baur collection relate closely to the present example and illustrated by John Ayers, The Baur Collection, vol II, Geneva, 1969, nos. A177 and A178; compare also a bowl in the Matsuoka Museum of Art, Tokyo, published in Inaugural Exhibition, Selected Masterpieces of the Matsuoka Museum of Art , Tokyo, 1975, pp. 80-1, pls 75-6
Nagel. "Asian Art", 07/12/2015