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8050 See a related example sold in our London rooms, 10 November 2011,
A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE sale 18981, lot 110, with similar figures, rocky outcrops and clouds.
Chongzhen period Another fine example was sold at Bonhams London, 6 November
Of tall cylindrical form rising to the high shoulders below the waisted 2014. A further sleeve vase with rocky landscape, with an inscription
neck and flared rim, attractively painted in brilliant blue tones with a dating the piece to 1639, is illustrated by J. Curtis, Chinese Porcelains
scene of travelers in a rocky landscape, including an elaborate cart of the Seventeenth Century: Landscapes, Scholar’s Motifs and
drawn by oxen, two figures mounted on donkey and several porters, Narratives, New York, 1995, no. 4. Buffalo appear often in sleeves
the scene wreathed in sinuous clouds. vases, with another example depicting grazing buffalo illustrated by
18 3/4in (47.5cm) high Sir M. Butler, M. Medley and S. Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese
Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, Alexandria, 1990, no. 99.
US$20,000 - 30,000
8050
明崇禎 青花人物故事圖筒瓶
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