Yixing Zisha Wares - 15th November 2011

Lot 43

A pair of Yixing square-section flasks or vases each side applied with three birds in flight...

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1100

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Description

A pair of Yixing square-section flasks or vases each side applied with three birds in flight above or perched below prunus branches on a diaper ground, the necks metal-mounted and with metal covers, 24cm. (4) Provenance: the Arthur J Harris collection. Cf. Christiaan Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.250 for a related canister.