Sale 5901
London, South Kensington
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3 March 2009
Price realised
GBP 525
Estimate
A RARE CHINESE IBERIAN MARKET BLUE AND WHITE MOON-FLASK LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY With flattened circular body and tapering conical neck, painted on each face with a bird perched on a flowering camellia branch beside bamboo and rockwork 9 in. (23.5 cm.) high.
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The flask is made for the Spanish or Portuguese market and closely related to those that bear the arms of Spain, Castile and Leon quarterly, made for King Philip II of Spain (1556-98).
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