20. M5360
£2,800
Description
Chinese biscuit porcelain turquoise-glazed water pot in the form of a crab on a lotus leaf, on three short feet covered overall in a clear turquoise glaze pooling at the edges.
2 ⅞ inches, 7.3 cm long.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From an important French private collection formed between 1924 and 1941.
- Purchased from Pierre Saqué, 12 Avenue George V, Paris, 3rd April 1929, with label Raufast, 18 Rue Boétie, Paris.
Condition
Possible inner rim frit.
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