CHENGHUA BLUE & WHITE FIGURINE & LANDSCAPE LIDDED BOX
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PROVENANCE: From The Collections of Henry A. "Hank" Lantelme (1917 Centurion) Hank was born in France on March 31, 1917. In his early years his parents moved to St Augustine Fla. Following Hank's birth, the family moved from France to St. Augustine then in 1920 they moved to New York where him and his siblings worked together supporting their family during the great depression. Hank enlisting in in the United States Navy in 1937, where he served for over 30 years. He was on the U.S.S. Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser in the Pacific operating near Pearl Harbor when it was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, His ship remained at sea hunting for the enemy. Hank rose to the rank of Chief Warrant Officer, also serving on the Battleships U.S.S. Missouri and U.S.S. Pennsylvania and participated in a great deal of action during World War II. The final years of his career Hank was assigned to a U.S. Naval Base in France. Following a short stay in Roanoke, Virginia, home of his wife Nell, the couple moved back to Saint Augustine where Hank worked for William Daniels as a dealer in antiques. During his tenure he developed considerable knowledge about the fine art from China. He searched for and collected various examples of the finest art available from estate sales, auctions as well as from other fine art collectors.
Measurements: 5.625in x10in x 10in
Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, blue & white figurine & landscape motif porcelain round box. Potted in a slightly flattened round box, with rounded wide cavetto, correspondence dome lid, raised from rounded sides over a wide cavetto Inner flange circumscribed around the containers lip allows for a perfect fitment on the each rim. The exterior decorated with hand-painting in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color depicted of elder teach child on the field below bamboo tree, ruyi clouds, vapors, flowers blooms and ruyi shaped large pendants filled by scrolling clouds, interspersed by floral and fruiting banquets. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The under-base bears a reign mark, a vertical six underglaze script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made in The Years of Chenghua Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.
Measurements: 5.625in x10in x 10in
Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, blue & white figurine & landscape motif porcelain round box. Potted in a slightly flattened round box, with rounded wide cavetto, correspondence dome lid, raised from rounded sides over a wide cavetto Inner flange circumscribed around the containers lip allows for a perfect fitment on the each rim. The exterior decorated with hand-painting in clean white under glazed base color which contrast against the cobalt blue fine color depicted of elder teach child on the field below bamboo tree, ruyi clouds, vapors, flowers blooms and ruyi shaped large pendants filled by scrolling clouds, interspersed by floral and fruiting banquets. Blue and white porcelain in Chinese it is called Qing Hua Ci. It is the most important variety of China’s porcelain. The glaze is seamless and gives off a beautiful luster, with the colors maintaining excellent vibrancy. The clay is very fine, with a brilliant glaze finish that was applied by a meticulous, the shape is uniformly proportioned. The under-base bears a reign mark, a vertical six underglaze script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine rings, Made in The Years of Chenghua Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.
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CHENGHUA BLUE & WHITE FIGURINE & LANDSCAPE LIDDED BOX
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