Asian Art II - 15th November 2023

Lot 491

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROSEWATER BOTTLES

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £529

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Description

FOUR CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ROSEWATER BOTTLES
KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: a pair decorated with chrysanthemum roundels, and a pair decorated with scholar's objects above a café-au-lait glaze, 19cm. (4)

Provenance: from the family collection of Henry Ernest Leetham (1861-1923), and Kathleen and Noel Terry (d.1980). The original Terry family furniture is on display at Fairfax House in York; it was donated to the York Civic Trust after Noel?s death in 1980. Henry Leetham is recorded by R Davids and D Jellinek, Provenance, p.290, as a client of both Bluett's and Sparks between 1914 and 1927.