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Shaped as a fruiting peach with incised butterflies, supported on a gnarled tree branch with blossoming flowers, the pierced cover with a peach-shaped finial, the stand shaped as a peach, height 4.8" — 12.2 cm.
Provenance:
Christie’s London, December 11, 2012, lot 1304, original sticker to base
倫敦佳士得2012年12月11日,拍品編號1304,底附原佳士得標籤
Note:
A similar Ming dynasty example was sold in Lempertz, Cologne, November 28-29, 1986, lot 1060, and then in Sotheby’s Hong Kong, October 8, 2014, lot 3400