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A rare fruit meiping Ming porcelain vase decorated in underglaze blue with various fruits such as peach, pomegranate, crab apple, leychee, loquat and cherry, between double-line borders, the shoulders draped by a band of pendent lotus lappets. The foot skirted by a band of upright overlapping palm leaves. Yongle period 1403–1424. H. 29 cm.

Provenance: Director Tage Wøldike Schmith, East Asiatic Company, posted in China in the 1930s

Tage Wøldike Schmith born in 1915 died in 2010. WS joined EAC in 1933, and after his employment there, he was sent to the Far East to serve in the company's different branches. In 1946 he was branch manager in Tientsin in China and in 1964 he was appointed managing director of the EAC.

Condition

Condition report on request. Contact oriental@bruun-rasmussen.dk.

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Additional Remarks

The submission of bids on this lot number requires the prior registration of a valid debit/credit card, presentation of photo ID and the payment of a deposit of 50.000 DKK on request. Registration of debit/credit card, photo ID and deposit is due no later than Friday 25 November.

Please contact Bruun Rasmussen regarding this via email: bids@bruun-rasmussen.dk or tel.: +45 8818 1013.

Auction

Oriental sale, 30 November 2016

Category
Estimate

300,000–500,000 DKK

Sold

Price realised

12,000,000 DKK