American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts

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Lot 146

A pair of Chinese Export porcelain "Tobacco Leaf" butter tubs, covers, and stands circa 1775

Oval form, decorated with typical motifs, phoenixes and mouse, the covers with peach-form finials.

H: 3 1/2 in. W: 4 1/4 in. L: 5 1/2 in. (tubs and covers), 7 in. x 5 1/2 in. (stands)

Provenance

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 16, 1969, lot 71.

Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, January 27, 1983, lot 183

Christie's, New York, Philadelphia Slendor: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Max R. Zaitz, January 22, 2016, lot 149

A Philadelphia gentleman.

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A pair of Chinese Export porcelain "Tobacco Leaf" butter tubs, covers, and stands circa 1775

Oval form, decorated with typical motifs, phoenixes and mouse, the covers with peach-form finials.

H: 3 1/2 in. W: 4 1/4 in. L: 5 1/2 in. (tubs and covers), 7 in. x 5 1/2 in. (stands)

Provenance

Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 16, 1969, lot 71.

Elinor Gordon, Villanova, Pennsylvania

Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, January 27, 1983, lot 183

Christie's, New York, Philadelphia Slendor: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Max R. Zaitz, January 22, 2016, lot 149

A Philadelphia gentleman.

A pair of Chinese Export porcelain "Tobacco Leaf" butter tubs, covers, and stands circa 1775