CHINA - LATE MING DYNASTY (1368 - 1644) Two-stem... Lot 6

CHINA - LATE MING DYNASTY (1368 - 1644) Two-stem lotus leaf-shaped brush-washer White Dehua porcelain brush-washer in the form of a lotus leaf with two stems, one starting in the center, the other with a bud forming a foot (slightly ground in one place at the edge). L. 11.5 cm Wooden base carved with lotus flowers in foliage. Reference: - An example of this model is illustrated in Robert H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine, The Great Porcelain of Dehua, pl. B, p. 26. - Another example in the J. Lowenstein collection, published by Marchant, London, in Blanc de Chine, 1985, n°.35, p.23 and in John Ayers, Blanc de Chine, Divine Images in Porcelain, n°6,, p.54. - Another example in P.J. Donnely, Blanc de Chine, The Porcelain of Tehua in Fukien, 1969, pl.440. - Another example from the collection of Professor E.T. Hall, published in Marchant, Blanc de Chine, 2006, n°95, p.136 Expert : Cabinet Portier