Asian Art I - 21st May 2014
Lot 228
A Chinese famille verte tea bowl Kangxi 1662-1722
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £1700
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Description
A Chinese famille verte tea bowl Kangxi 1662-1722, brightly enamelled to the exterior with flowering branches issuing from green and blue rockwork, and with insects in flight, paper label for the Joan Barrow collection, 6.8cm dia.
Provenance: formerly the Joan Barrow collection, purchased by her from Bluett's on the 6th December 1971, for £125.
Cf. R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, p.62 for information about Joan Barrow.