5th Nov, 2020 9:30
The Asian Art Sale
薄胎瓷茶碗茶碟一组，约1690年
A rare Chinese eggshell tea bowl and saucer, circa 1690, painted in iron red, gilding and black, with a frightened maiden as a whiskered man approaches with a dagger, a boy watching from a sliding screen, Kintsuge repair to the bowl
Sold for £60
Condition Report
The saucer has a rim chip alongside a 1.5cm stretch of restoration. A further smaller rim chip, a couple of nibbles to the glaze on the underside of the rim and a rim to almost foot rim hairline crack. Some rubbing and erasing of the decoration. It still rings out nicely when lightly tapped.
The tea bowl has a Kintsuge repair, a small rim chip restoration from which issues a very fine 'L' shape hairline crack , a further 1cm hairline crack and tiny flea bite nibbles to the rim glaze. it still rings out when lightly tapped. All issues visible in images.
A rare Chinese eggshell tea bowl and saucer, circa 1690, painted in iron red, gilding and black, with a frightened maiden as a whiskered man approaches with a dagger, a boy watching from a sliding screen, Kintsuge repair to the bowl
