Recently acquired from the life time collection of PHDS Wikramaratna who was born in Ceylon in 1916 and later moved to London. During his life he built up an extensive collection of Far-Eastern, and mainly Chinese, ceramics, although by no means limited in scope. As a member of the Oriental Ceramic Society he obviously had a fascination with early forms and glazes and had a wonderful eye choosing carefully pieces which had a story to tell. Over the years, PH gave many fine pieces to museums; they can be seen at the British Museum, Victoria and Albert, Ashmolean and Fitzwilliam. He died at the end of 2010 and we have been very fortunate in acquiring more than 150 examples from this choice collection. This is a rare opportunity both for the novice collector and the more experienced buyer to acquire fresh to market and choice examples.
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Rare antique Chinese buff earthenware wall pocket modeled as a fish and believed to date pre 18th century and possibly from the Honan Province and dating from as early as the 7th-8th Century. The fish is well modeled with excellent detail with the open mouth forming the opening to the hollow body with a hanging hole to the underside. The fish is decorated in a glazed brown over a cream glaze with the underside left unglazed and is typically not marked.
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