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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST COAST PRIVATE 明嘉靖 白釉暗刻鳳凰紋葫蘆方瓶
COLLECTION
《大明嘉靖年製》款
A RARE ANHUA-DECORATED WHITE-GLAZED
‘PHOENIX’ DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING 來源
Eurtres收藏（標籤）
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue Great Neck，紐約私人收藏（傳）
Height 9⅜ in., 23.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Eurtres Collection (according to label).
Great Neck, New York Private Collection (by repute).
$ 20,000-30,000

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AN INCISED AUBERGINE-GLAZED ‘DRAGON’ DISH 清康熙 茄皮紫釉暗刻趕珠雲龍紋盤
MARK AND PERIOD OF KANGXI 《大清康熙年製》款
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within
a double circle, Japanese wood box (3) 來源
Diameter 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm
壺中居，東京
PROVENANCE 日本私人收藏
Kochukyo Co., Tokyo.
Japanese Private Collection.
A closely related example is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelains
from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998,
pl. 224; another is published in Chinese Porcelain. The S.C.
Ko Tianminlou Collection, Hong Kong, 1987, pt. 1, Hong
Kong, 1987, pl. 144; and a third dish was included in the
exhibition Chinese Ceramics. The Koger Collection, John and
Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 1985, cat. no. 172,
where it is suggested that this vibrant purplish glaze was an
innovation of the late Kangxi period. Further dishes of this
type include one from the collection of Edward T. Chow,
sold in our London rooms, 27th November 1973, lot 378,
and again in these rooms, 25th November 1980, lot 82; one
from the Hall Family collection, sold in these rooms, 2nd
May 2000, lot 523; and a third sold in these rooms, 14th
November 1983, lot 142, and again at Christie’s Hong Kong,
27th May 2008, lot 1794.

⊖ $ 40,000-60,000
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