Glazed ceramic. China, mid Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Noteworthy is the especially lovely, shiny, although not hard-looking, deep black-brown glaze. The double squash form presents the lower belly-shaped part on a foot ring, the upper in form of a baluster vase, attached and with lightly conical, pipe-shaped neck. Even rim, one zone around the foot and underneath are brown. Grey sherd.
HEIGHT 18 CM
From the collection of Jürgen L. Fischer, Ascona, Switzerland
Jürgen L. Fischer was one of the major European collectors of Chinese art. The extensive size of the collection largely owes to the family’s fortune from the invention of the world-famous “Uhu Alleskleber ” in 1932 (the first synthetic resin glue world-wide) by grandfather August Fischer. Jürgen L. Fischer, who lived until 2013, was an avid collector of Chinese porcelain in an astonishing wide variety, in every size and from every time period. Jürgen Fischer passed on his comprehensive knowledge in numerous specialist books – among others, his large and very instructive book about the art of Chinese snuffbottles and also an antiquarian’s guide to Chinese art.