£750
Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 600
Auction: 13 May 2020 at 11:00 BST
光緒 粉彩龍鳳呈祥紋茶壺
the sides respectively painted with a colourful pale green phoenix and a ferocious five-clawed red dragon amongst clouds and flames, all above crashing waves to the foot, the shoulder and lid adorned with flowers on tendrils reserved on a yellow ground, the base inscribed with a six-character Guangxu mark in iron red
Provenance: Private English collection, Brighton, acquired from Kwong Tai Hong, Hong Kong (廣泰行)on 4th July 1989, with an original receipt stated the piece dated to the Qing dynasty, Guangxu period