Lot 34. A group of three 'Dehua' vessels, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Width of largest 4 1/4 in., 10.8 cm. Estimate  1,500 — 2,500 USD. Lot sold 8,125 USD. Photo Sotheby's

the first a lotus-leaf shaped brushwasher, resting on a base formed by a single lotus bud and extending over the rim into the center of the interior; the second, a tripod censer flanked by elephant-head handles and supported on three legs surmounted by monster masks; and the third, an octagonal faceted wine cup impressed with the 'Eight Horses of Mu Wang', three wood stands. 

Property from the Estate of William and Jennifer Shaw

Provenance: First: Edward T. Chow Collection, Sotheby's London, 23rd June 1981, lot 303 (part).
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 14th November 1989, lot 140.

Literature: First: S. Marchant and Son, Exhibition of Blanc-de-Chine, London, 1985, p. 23, pl. 36.