A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE WATER POT

A SMALL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE WATER POT
18TH CENTURY

The exterior painted with an old man sitting beneath a wutong tree while a boy pulls in a net, the reverse with a bridge; a paper label underneath reading 'EX COLLECTIS ERIK HANCOCK', 5.5cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022). Previously in the collection of Erik Hancock. See R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.217 for more information about Hancock.