Lot 79. A Chinese blue and white 'Three Friends of Winter' jar, Late Ming dynasty;  14.7cm.  Estimate: £1,000 - 2,000. Hammer Price £ 1,300. Courtesy Woolley & Wallis

The lobed ovoid body painted with a flock of sparrows among bamboo, pine and prunus, the shoulder with lappet decoration and the rim with key fret pattern.

Cf. M Butler, M Medley and S Little, Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection, p.37 for a similar jar.

Woolley & Wallis. Asian Art Works I. 16 May 2017