Oriental Ceramics & Works of Art - 15th July 2005

Lot 444

A large Chinese blue and white cylindrical vase

Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £2300

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Description

A large Chinese blue and white cylindrical vase, with a waisted neck, decorated with a maiden and four boys playing in a landscape with plantain trees and rockwork to the reverse, the shoulder and base with incised double lines, Transitional, c.1640, 49cm. Provenance: The Hatcher Collection, Christie's Amsterdam, 12/13 June 1984 and bears paper label.