Two Guan-Type Porcelain Brush Washers

18TH/19TH CENTURY

清中期仿官釉蘋果尊及花口洗
the smaller of compressed cylindrical form, the foliate mouth rim with wide flush aperture above undulating walls, covered in a pale glaze with tight network of crackles. The larger ovoid example with a pale blue-green glaze over a globular body with rounded shoulders descending to a slightly convex mouth.

Height of taller 4 in., 10 cm.

Saturday at Sotheby's: Asian Art, September 15, 2018, sale N09908 lot 1279

Property from the Collection of Brooks and Dorothy Cofield

Exhibited:

The ovoid washer:

The World in Monochromes, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 2009, cat. no. 85

The low washer with minor nicks to the base foot rim, some scuffing to the top surface; the large washer in good condition with slight surface abrasions along the base foot rim

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