RON BROWNSON ESTATE AUCTION 2
Wednesday, 22 October - Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Stoneware Ng ka py bottle - China - late 19thC,

---

Realised: $75 plus premium

---

Lot Details

pyriform shaped bottle of buff coloured clay. Flat, indented base, integral foot ring, globular body, short neck with a narrow mouth and an everted rim. Excluding the resting surface, covered in a thick dark brown glaze. Material: Stoneware Origin/Date: China, Guandong late 19thC Cat. Note/Condition/Ref.: Very Good. For a discussion of Ng ka py bottles found in New Zealand archaeological sites see: Neville A Ritchie, Archaeology and history of the Chinese in southern New Zealand during the nineteenth century: a study of acculturation, adaptation, and change (Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Otago, 1986), pp. 232-234. For a discussion of possible sites of production of Ng ka py bottles see: Philip P Choy, 'Interpreting "Overseas Chinese" ceramics found on historical sites: manufacture, marks, classification, and social use', SHA Research Resource (March 2014), pp. 15-16. Dimensions: H.16.3cm. Dia.12.4cm