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<p>[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 15430, member: 181"]Thank you so much for trying to help with these inscriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Forgetting the inscriptions for now, I just wanted to share with you all the item in which they are written on. This item came from a Greenwich, CT. estate and was totally misidentified by both the estate auctioneers and the picker who picked it.</p><p><br /></p><p>We assume the reason for this misidentification of the piece is because it's quite rare. What makes it "rare" is its size, form and flambé glaze (the images do the glaze color no justice whatsoever. It's of a much more lavender or purplish in color then darker blues as it appears in the images). Don't get me wrong, there are flambé ewers out there, but not many at all in this size (12-1/2 in.) form (imitating an older ancient form) or fine potted craftsmanship featuring five-looped handles, trumpet-mouth and a conical-spout. I've only been able to locate one other somewhat similar example sold by Sotheby's in 1979. </p><p><br /></p><p>What's even a bit crazy, is this ewer is 1 of 2 "rare" Chinese ewers we've been so blessed to have purchased within a month or so. The other is the large Ming (1368 - 1644) Period piece at left. The flambé piece in our opinion dates no earlier than the 18th C., and no later than the early-20th C. Most likely potted in the 19th/early-20th C.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]3735[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]3736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="'Nuff_Said, post: 15430, member: 181"]Thank you so much for trying to help with these inscriptions. Forgetting the inscriptions for now, I just wanted to share with you all the item in which they are written on. This item came from a Greenwich, CT. estate and was totally misidentified by both the estate auctioneers and the picker who picked it. We assume the reason for this misidentification of the piece is because it's quite rare. What makes it "rare" is its size, form and flambé glaze (the images do the glaze color no justice whatsoever. It's of a much more lavender or purplish in color then darker blues as it appears in the images). Don't get me wrong, there are flambé ewers out there, but not many at all in this size (12-1/2 in.) form (imitating an older ancient form) or fine potted craftsmanship featuring five-looped handles, trumpet-mouth and a conical-spout. I've only been able to locate one other somewhat similar example sold by Sotheby's in 1979. What's even a bit crazy, is this ewer is 1 of 2 "rare" Chinese ewers we've been so blessed to have purchased within a month or so. The other is the large Ming (1368 - 1644) Period piece at left. The flambé piece in our opinion dates no earlier than the 18th C., and no later than the early-20th C. Most likely potted in the 19th/early-20th C. [ATTACH=full]3735[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]3736[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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