A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION FLASK

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE-SECTION FLASK
17TH CENTURY

Painted with panels of birds amongst prunus and trees issuing from rockwork, bamboo and butterflies amongst prunus and chrysanthemums, all below a collar of ruyi-heads and stylised foliage around the shoulder, with metal rim to the short neck, 27.4cm.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

Provenance: from a British collection, Kent.