Asian Art II - 16th November 2022
Lot 1081
A CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND AND GILT-DECORATED VASE
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND AND GILT-DECORATED VASE, HU
LATE QING DYNASTY
The heavily potted ovoid body painted with a monkey climbing up a fruiting peach tree above pines, shrubs and bamboo, the reverse with a spotted deer and a pair of cranes in a rocky landscape, flanked by a pair of applied mythical beast handles to the shoulder, the base with a Qianlong mark, 34.4cm.
Provenance: from the collection of Henry Myles-Tarlton (d.1946), Chief Engineer for Bird & Co Mining in India between 1912 and 1932.