Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 82

A Chinese blue and white yen yen vase

Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £5000

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Description

A Chinese blue and white yen yen vase, brightly painted in underglaze blue with a dignitary and his servant being approached by a peasant with a gift, and a water buffalo in the foreground, the neck with sages inspecting a scroll, Kangxi 1662-1722, some damages, 46cm. From the collection of Professor D R Laurence MD. Provenance: purchased from D & M Freedman, London. Cf. A similar vase from the collection of Avery Brundage is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics, The Standard Guide, no. 589.