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                                                                               PROPERTY FROM THE ROBERT A. LANDAU COLLECTION
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                                                                               A PAIR OF DOUCAI ‘SOUTH SEA
                                                                               BUBBLE’ PLATES
                                                                               YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-35)
                                                                               Underglaze blue and enameled with satirical
                                                                               comment on the 1720 fnancial speculation
                                                                               disaster using the Commedia del’Arte
                                                                               8º in. (21 cm.) diameter      (2)
                                                                               $10,000-15,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE
                                                                               Sotheby’s New York, 15 January 2004, lot 68.





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                                                                               A PAIR OF ‘PRONK’ TYPE BLUE
                                                                               ENAMEL VASES
                                                                               EARLY QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1740
                                                                               Likely based on the designs of Cornelius
                                                                               Pronk, each side painted with a butterfy
                                                                               hovering over a blossom
                                                                               11º in. (28.5 cm.) high       (2)
                                                                               $3,000-5,000
                                                                               PROVENANCE
                                                                               With H. Moog, Atlanta.







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