*A CHINESE-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY VASE
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Iran, late 18th - 19th century

Pyriform, resting on an everted circular foot, rising to a long ringed and tapered neck, the mouth with a wide and everted rim, painted in cobalt blue on white ground, a decorative band of fretwork on the foot, Chinese ru-shaped clouds on the base, shoulders and ring around the neck, the body with Chinese-inspired figures in a garden, holding different vessels and admiring the nature, one gentleman holding a vase similarly shaped to our lot, the neck with a bird sitting amidst leafy branches on each side, 36.5cm high.