Lot 77
Lot 77
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE EWER AND COVER

20TH CENTURY

    Price Realised GBP 1,000
    Estimate
    GBP 800 - GBP 1,200
    A BLUE AND WHITE EWER AND COVER

    20TH CENTURY

    Price Realised GBP 1,000
    Price Realised GBP 1,000
    Details
    The pear-shaped body is decorated to either side with a leafy peach branch bearing three fruit enclosed within shaped cartouches in reserve on a ground of stylised flower heads on scrolling foliage. Bands of upright leaves and lappets encircle the neck and base and the spout and handles are decorated with a scroll. The base bears an apocryphal Qianlong seal mark.
    8½ in. (21 cm.) high


    Provenance
    Private English collection, acquired by a Protestant missionary in Beijing in the 19th century, then by descent within the family.
    Private Southeast Asian collection.
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