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COLLECTION PARTICULIÈRE FRANÇAISE Two sprinklers of this very rare shape, both similarly
RARE ASPERSOIR EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC decorated with three buddhist lions playing with ribbon-
tied balls, are illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics
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DYNASTIE MING, XVI SIÈCLE in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. II, London,
1986, p. 658, nos. 1021 and 1022. Another example,
la panse globulaire reposant sur un pied élargi, peinte
de trois lions bouddhistes, surmontée de trois frises closest in design to the present lot, decorated with lions
stylisées et florales, l’épaulement garni de six anses at play, is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert
tubulaires réunies en partie supérieure en un col élargi Museum, London, published in R. L. Hobson, Chinese
22 cm, 8⅝ in. Pottery and Porcelain, vol. II, New York, 1976, pl. 68, fig.
1. Several examples have been sold at auction, compare,
A very rare blue and white ‘Buddhist Lion’ water sprinkler, Ming for example, a sprinkler sold at Christie’s New York,
Dynasty, 16th century 23rd march 2012, lot 1987, and another sprinkler sold in
Sotheby’s London, 14th May 2014, lot 212.
25 000-35 000 €
218 000-306 000 HK$ 27 900-39 000 US$

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