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THE PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
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A WUCAI ‘BIRDS AND FLOWERS’ SLEEVE VASE
17TH CENTURY
The tapering cylindrical vase is potted with high-shoulders and a waisted
neck. The body is decorated with various birds among fowering prunus and
peony branches beside a garden rock. The neck is decorated with further foral
sprays below a brown glazed rim. The base is unglazed.
14º in. (36 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200
Compare a similar wucai vase illustrated in Michael Butler, Julia B. Curtis and
Stephen Little, Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures from an Unknown Reign, 1644-
1661, Alexandria, VA, 2002, pp. 126-129, no. 22.1, and sold at Christie’s New
York, 16 March 2015, lot 3547.
明末清初 五彩花鳥紋筒瓶
來源: 英國私人珍藏
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