BLUE AND WHITE 'BUTTERFLIES' SQUARE BRUSH POT QIANLONG MARK BUT 19TH TO EARLY 20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 乾隆款 青花蝴蝶花果紋方形筆筒 each side painted with butterflies hovering between various flowers and fruits on leafy branches, enclosed in key-fret bands, the base inscribed with a four-character Qianlong mark in underglaze blue (18cm high) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London. The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte.