Asian Art II - 2nd July 2020
Lot 537
A CHINESE CLOISONNE 'BUTTERFLY' BOWL AND A PAIR OF CLOISONNE JARDINIERES 19TH CENTURY The bowl...
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Description
A CHINESE CLOISONNE 'BUTTERFLY' BOWL AND A PAIR OF CLOISONNE JARDINIERES
19TH CENTURY
The bowl decorated with six butterflies in flight amidst flowers against an indigo ground, with further blossoms reserved on turquoise to the interior, the base with a collection label reading '124', each of the quatrefoil jardinières with lotus sprays surrounded by archaistic scrolls, with paper labels for number '55' and inscriptions reading 'No.763' and 'No.764' to the bases, the bowl 13.9cm, the jardinières 24.5cm. (3)
Provenance: from the Fryers Collection of Chinese Art, collection nos.55 and 124.