A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DEER AND CRANE' VASE

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DEER AND CRANE' VASE, HU

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

Painted with a scene depicting a crane and two deer by a pine tree and craggy rocks, the reverse decorated with a butterfly in flight, the neck flanked by two loop handles moulded as elephant heads, the base with a four character Chenghua mark, 37.2cm.

Provenance: from a private collection, Cambridgeshire.