A BLUE AND WHITE DELFT-STYLE BUTTER TUB AND COVER Qianlong With a recumbent cow finial and shaped upright handles, the fluted body decorated with leafy, flowering stems. 10.8cm (4 1/2in) long. Footnotes: 清乾隆 青花臺夫特式蓋盌 Provenance: Acquired in 1998 (collector's notes) Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: The Oriental Ceramic Society, China Without Dragons: Rare Pieces from Oriental Ceramic Society Members, London, 2016, p.262, no.157 M. White, Eating at the Whites' House: Ceramics from the Mary and Peter White collection, vol. 3, n.p., 2022, p.339 (Published and Illustrated) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing