Asian Art - 15th November 2017
Lot 723
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CRAB-SHAPED WATER DROPPER 17TH CENTURY Formed as a crab crouching on a...
Estimate £400 - £500 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A CHINESE BLANC DE CHINE CRAB-SHAPED WATER DROPPER
17TH CENTURY
Formed as a crab crouching on a large lotus leaf, the spout formed as a stem, 13.3cm.
Provenance: formerly in the Bernheimer Collection in Munich.
Cf. P J Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, pl.32b for an almost identical piece. A related water dropper sold in these rooms on 15th November 2016, lot 163.