KINRANDE 'CRANE AND PEACOCK' EWER
MING DYNASTY
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: 17 May 2024 from 10:00 BST
Description
明 五彩開光描金荷塘鶴紋執壺
the pear-form body slightly flattened, rising from a splayed foot to a narrow tapering neck and everted mouth, applied with a curved spout attached to the neck by a scroll strut, the opposite with an arched strap handle with circular lug, decorated on each side with a red-enamelled peach-shaped panel with crane and peacock, all reserved against an iron-red diaper ground, the neck with a band of plantain leaves
Dimensions
21cm high