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November 12 | 11:00 AM
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers

550 - A collection of Chinese blue and white jars and covers, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), each of circular form, comprising: one painted in underglaze blue with foliage in shaped panels, the cover decorated with scrolling flowers, one painted with a continuous band of trailing vines and flowers, and another, squat, painted with cartouches enclosing foliage (5.5 to 8.5cm diameter) (6) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Squat jar: crazing present, unable to remove cover. Small chips to foot rim. Larger jar: glaze degradation, restoration present to cover, chips to footrim. Final jar: cover chipped, small chips to rims, crazing present.

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Estimation

£100 - 200 (€110 - 240)

Sale fees

32.4%

A collection of Chinese blue and white jars and covers, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), each of circular form, comprising: one painted in underglaze blue with foliage in shaped panels, the cover decorated with scrolling flowers, one painted with a continuous band of trailing vines and flowers, and another, squat, painted with cartouches enclosing foliage (5.5 to 8.5cm diameter) (6) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Squat jar: crazing present, unable to remove cover. Small chips to foot rim. Larger jar: glaze degradation, restoration present to cover, chips to footrim. Final jar: cover chipped, small chips to rims, crazing present.

Auction details

Asian and Islamic Art - Day Two
Thursday, November 12
11:00 AM
Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers Cambridge Road
CM24 8GE Stansted Mountfitchet, United Kingdom
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