Provenance: Collection of Walter L. Behrens (1861-1913).
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1922.

Catalogue image of Spink & Son Ltd., 1922.

Notes: Compare a vase similarly modelled in the form of a mythological animal supporting a vase, but lacking the cover, sold in our London rooms, 2nd May 1985, lot 237; two sold in our New York rooms, 18th June 1983, lot 298, and 11th March 1975, lot 76; a slightly smaller vase sold in these rooms, 14th May 1983, lot 689; and another sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 2nd October 1991, lot 1375. See also a larger vase of this type, with Qianlong mark and of the period, included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935, cat. no. 2831.

Sotheby's, Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 05 oct. 2016