Lot 51: EIGHTEEN THAI-MARKET BENCHARONG WARES 19th century

EIGHTEEN THAI-MARKET BENCHARONG WARES

19th century

Comprising two pedestal jars and stepped stupa covers, each painted with delicate 'Indian miniature' floral stems, one on a red ground, the other on a white ground, between further floral bands and supported on a spreading foot; three miniature lobed jars and covers, with slender vertical stylized floral stem panels; two wine cups with flaring rims, painted with three Buddhist lions on a black enamel ground; a foliate dish with radiating floral panels on a red ground, the exterior with a gold-iridescent crackled glaze and a biscuit foot ring and base centered by a four-character seal; a foliate pedestal dish with radiating floral panels on a green ground to the center and a red ground at the rim and exterior sides; a bowl with floral lotus petal panels on colored grounds, with a copper rim and copper band at the foot; five saucer dishes, three with radiating floral panels at the center and two with lotus petals at the center, the exteriors plain; two footed covers, the larger with a stylized floral pattern against a gilt ground, the other with a floral and bird band on a red ground; and a small domed cover with narrow colored ground bands with scrolls and flowers. (18)


pedestal jars and covers: 6 1/8in (15.6cm) and 5in (12.8cm) high overall
miniature lobed jars and covers: approx. 2 3/8in (6cm) high
wine cups: 2 1/2in (6.4cm) diam
foliate dish: 10in (25.3cm) diam
pedestal dish: 7 7/8in (20cm) diam
bowl: 5 3/4in (14.6cm) diam
five saucer dishes: 4 9/16in (11.8cm) to 4 1/16in (10.3cm) diam
footed covers: 4 3/8in (11.2cm) and 3 15/16in (10cm) diam
small cover: 2 3/8in (6.1cm) diam

Two pedestal jars and covers: The larger with some enamel wear but generally in good condition: the other jar and cover with cracks and edge chips.


Three miniature lobed bowls and covers Generally in good condition save for one cover with repair.


Wine cups: One with a small shallow flake chip to the rim (0.5cm). Both with minute nibbles and air bubble pinpricks but unobtrusive.


Foliate dish: Some enamel losses and nibbles to the rim.


Foliate pedestal dish: Chips to the pedestal foot and nibbles to the rim edge.


Bowl: Some wear and the addition of a copper rim and band around the foot.


Five saucer dishes: Two with small chips. All with some wear and minute nibbles but unobtrusive.


Footed covers: Larger cover broken across and repaired and small chip. The other with small edge chips but mostly unobtrusive.


Small cover: Missing finial and edge chips.

十九世紀 宾乍隆器皿十八件



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Theodor Ring, Oslo (formerly Kristiania), Norway

Avery Fund, 1909

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1909-present




來源：

挪威奧斯陸（舊稱克里斯蒂安尼亞）Theodor Ring 舊藏

Avery 基金，1909 年

大都會藝術博物館，1909 年迄今



For examples of deep bowls and covers, lobed jars and covers, floral bowls and covers, and stem dishes of similar type, see Dawn F. Rooney,
Bencharong, Chinese Porcelain for Siam, Bangkok, 2017, p.98, Chapter 5 frontispiece (mid left); p.101, no.5-3; p.110, no.5-15; p.111, no.5-15b; p.121, Chapter 6 frontispiece (all); p.162, no.6-47; p.165, no.6-51; and p.167, no.6-53.

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