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The Property of a Lady 女士藏品

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE FLASK FOR Provenance: an English private collection
This bottle has been featured on the BBC’s ‘Antiques Roadshow.’
THE JAPANESE MARKET
Tianqi/Chongzhen
Of ovoid shape with narrow short neck and channelled mouth rim, 來源：英國私人收藏，此拍品曾於BBC”鑑寶路秀”中播出
painted around the exterior with sampan boats and larger fleets
journeying through a riverside landscape with distant pavilions, Compare with a very similar blue and white flask for the Japanese
amongst the ‘Three Friends of Winter’ and a shan border on the market, Tianqi/Chongzhen, but with a reduced neck with later silver
luting line, encircled at the shoulder with a floral scroll. mounts, which was sold at Sotheby’s London, 15 May 2013, lot 129.
18.5cm (7 1/4in) high.
The present lot is extremely rare for its combination of Chinese and
Japanese elements, perfectly encapsulating a short yet unique period
£18,000 - 24,000 of history of trade between China and Japan during the 17th century.
CNY160,000 - 210,000 Its rarity is due not only to the short time-span of history in which
Chinese merchants could trade directly in Japan but also because the
明天啟/崇禎 外銷日本市場青花山水歲寒三友紋罐 present lot would have been most probably designed in accordance to
the highly refined taste of the tea masters who ordered original wares
for their personal use.

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