Provenance
With a label of Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium.
Description
A rare and finely potted pair of underglaze-blue porcelain hookah bases, each modelled in the form of a huqqa with a bulbous pear-shaped, double-walled body rising to a waisted neck, surmounted by a projecting collar and cup-shaped mouth with a gently flaring rim. The outer wall is divided into two horizontal registers framed by continuous bands of scrolling floral ornament reserved in white against a cobalt-blue ground. Each register is further divided into six openwork honeycomb panels centred by a flowerhead reserved in blue, revealing the inner body decorated with scattered floral sprays in underglaze cobalt blue. The neck is painted with four vertical panels of flowering plants emerging from rockwork, below a band of stylised flowerheads beneath the rim. The rim and neck edge are highlighted with a brown iron-oxide glaze. The recessed base is pierced with a central aperture exposing the inner chamber; the glazed base terminates in an unglazed foot ring.
Reference:
Jorge Welsh Books, 'Linglong', pp. 46-51, no. 05, for an identical pair and pp. 13-25, for a discussion by Teresa Canepa on the 'linglong' technique.
Lot 44
Kangxi
H.: 23,9 cm
Estimation
€ 6.000,00 – € 12.000,00
Provenance
With a label of Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium.