Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 645
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'MULAN' WATER POT 19TH CENTURY/REPUBLIC PERIOD The ovoid body decorated...
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £850
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Description
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'MULAN' WATER POT
19TH CENTURY/REPUBLIC PERIOD
The ovoid body decorated with an image of the heroine, a cartouche with calligraphy and a quotation describing her achievements from Wu Shuang Pu, a four character iron-red seal mark reading Shen de tang zhi to the base, 9cm.
Provenance: from an English private collection formed in the 1970s and 1980s.