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17TH/18TH CENTURY
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A GROUP OF DEHUA VESSELS
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The first is a pair of lotus leaf water droppers delicately modelled with a crab to the interior resting on a hollow stalk spout, with wood stands. The second and third are two similar brush washers, xi, each shaped as a lotus leaf with a trailing stalk and an applied leafy lotus bud, one with a wood stand. The fourth are a pair of leaf-shaped cups, with a moulded stalk handle and resting on leaf-form feet, each with wood stands. The fifth are a pair of tripod cups in the form of jue wine ewers, with moulded panel and flange decoration, each with wood stands.
The largest 2½ in. (5.4 cm.) high (8)
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The first is a pair of lotus leaf water droppers delicately modelled with a crab to the interior resting on a hollow stalk spout, with wood stands. The second and third are two similar brush washers, xi, each shaped as a lotus leaf with a trailing stalk and an applied leafy lotus bud, one with a wood stand. The fourth are a pair of leaf-shaped cups, with a moulded stalk handle and resting on leaf-form feet, each with wood stands. The fifth are a pair of tripod cups in the form of jue wine ewers, with moulded panel and flange decoration, each with wood stands.
The largest 2½ in. (5.4 cm.) high (8)
Provenance
The Peter and Nancy Thompson Collection
The first pair: Sold at Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, The Edward T. Chow Collection, 19 May 1981, lot 479.
The second: Franzero Collection.
The fourth: Sold at Sotheby's London, 21 June 1977, lot 70
The first pair: Sold at Sotheby's Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, The Edward T. Chow Collection, 19 May 1981, lot 479.
The second: Franzero Collection.
The fourth: Sold at Sotheby's London, 21 June 1977, lot 70
Exhibited
All: The University of Hull Art Collection, Tang to the Qing, Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 AD from The Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, 1996, no. 22 & 23, 49, 50, 51 & 52, and
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