Asian Art II - 15th November 2016
Lot 133
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE C.1640 Painted with vases and jardinières containing...
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £5000
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
C.1640
Painted with vases and jardinières containing arrangements of peony, rose and lotus, with dishes of peaches and finger citron and a large fish bowl, the tapering neck with a band of stiff leaves above an incised foliate border, raised on a fitted hardwood stand, 22.3cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in the collection of Reverend Dr K H Uttley (1901- 1972).
Cf. M Holdsworth & C Munn, Dictionary of Hong Kong Biography, p.444.