JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 15 October 2019 - 10:00 AM start
A pair of Chinese earthenware bird ewers
Realised: $1,600 plus premium
Lot Details
press moulded with remnant sancai glazes. Sold by George Walker Auctioneers in 1974 in a catalogue of early ‘Chinese Ceramics... and Gold Tomb Jewellery... the property of a private collector and well-known authority’. The two ‘very important sacrificial grave ewers ...extremely rare...Tang Dynasty, 10th Century’ examples accompany the auction invoice for $1350 and achieved the highest price recorded from the collection. Sold with the accompanying catalogue.
