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fig. 1 Former collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
sold at Christie’s New York, 15 September 2016, lot 941
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A RARE PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE XXIII; two further examples from the collections of James A. Garland
and J. Pierpont Morgan, exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
OPENWORK HEXAGONAL LANTERNS in New York in 1907, and illustrated by S. W. Bushell & W. M. Laffan
in Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
York, 1907, p. 13, pl. XLIV, later sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries in New
The lanterns are decorated to each side with a circular medallion York, 4-5 February 1948, lots 344 & 345; a pair decorated with floral
depicting immortals in various pursuits, set against an openwork medallions illustrated in Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed
by Richard Bennett, Esq. Thornby Hall, Northampton, London, 1911,
diaper ground.
pl. 319; a lantern which is missing its upper gallery and foot from the
13æ in. (34.8 cm.) high (2) collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, illustrated in ‘The Arts of the
Ch’ing Dynasty’, in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 35,
HK$900,000-1,200,000 US$120,000-160,000 1963-4, no. 226, pl. 75, p. 65; and a pair from the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York, accessioned in 1946 and later sold at Christie’s New
PROVENANCE
York, 15 September 2016, lot 941 (fig. 1).
David A. Berg, New York
Sold at Christie’s New York, 21 September 2000, lot 409,
proceeds to benefit the Harvard University Art Museums ᪺㢫᢬ ◢ྑ㝁㢰⟰͘ॲՎᑝ೬ᶻːര
The current lot may be compared to several known examples, including
one also dated to the Yongzheng period illustrated by R.L. Hobson, ϝᬝ
B. Rackham & W. King in Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎ᐽ㐈ᘘ⎽ݣ᫔ৌ
London, 1931, pl. 24; another lantern depicting figures in medallions
from the Davies Collection, purchased by Gorer and exhibited at the דഌໝ⧻ワ㱦
Galleries of Dreicer & Co. in New York, 1913, is illustrated in Collection
of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed by George R. Davies, Esq. Formerly ⡥⡙ഌ㛢ᝯࢷ⁒㱦⯠⻦Ӭཌ㬳჎⏟ַ⎏⟾ᆭ༈ῗ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ
of Hartford, Cheshire, and Now of Parton, N.B., New York, 1931, pl. ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卻ॲː卼ǯ

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