A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CRAB-SHAPED WATER DROPPER 17TH CENTURY Formed as a crab crouching on a...

A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CRAB-SHAPED WATER DROPPER

17TH CENTURY

Formed as a crab crouching on a large lotus leaf, the spout formed as a stem, 13.3cm.

Provenance: formerly in the Bernheimer Collection in Munich.

Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.32b for an almost identical piece. A related water dropper sold in these rooms on 15th November 2016, lot 163.