Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 721
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID VASE 20TH CENTURY Brightly painted with a fisherman chasing a...
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £500
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Description
A SMALL CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE OVOID VASE
20TH CENTURY
Brightly painted with a fisherman chasing a snipe, the bird struggling to open a large clam, the base with a hall mark which reads de ren tang zhi, 20.5cm.
This subject is taken from Zhanguo ce (Legends of the Warring States), which represents the idiom 'profit reaped by a third party'.