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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EAST COAST PRIVATE A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE ‘FIGURAL’ SQUARE
COLLECTION BOWLS
A WUCAI ‘FIGURAL’ JAR AND A COVER QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI PERIOD the base of each with a handled vessel in underglaze blue
(2) within a double circle (2)
Height overall 14½ in., 36.8 cm Width 7⅜ in., 18.6 cm
PROVENANCE
$ 6,000-8,000
696 Bernheimer Collection, acquired in the early 1980s.
清順治 青花五彩人物故事圖配蓋
⊖ $ 20,000-30,000

清康熙 五彩人物故事圖倭角方盌一對
來源
Bernheimer收藏，得於1980年代初

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A LARGE MOLDED FAMILLE-VERTE
‘IMMORTALS AND BOYS’ SQUARE VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
Height 19 in., 48.2 cm
PROVENANCE
American Private Collection.
The present vase is richly decorated with applied and
695 painted details, showing the ‘Three Star Gods’ as well as the
legendary archer Houyi on each side along with a youthful
A PAIR OF WUCAI ‘LADIES AND CHILDREN’ companion respectively.
JARS AND COVERS A closely-related square-section vase with the same
QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI / KANGXI PERIOD subject matter in the Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taft Collection is
(4) illustrated in John Getz, A Catalogue of Chinese Porcelains
Height 15⅜ in., 39 cm collected by Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, Cincinnati, Ohio,
New York, 1904, cat. no. 69. See a second example from
PROVENANCE the collection of Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke,
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. sold in these rooms, 31st May 1989, lot 106, and again at
Christie’s New York, 29th March 2006, lot 482; and lastly
$ 15,000-25,000 one depicting Hehe Erxian with the ‘Three Star Gods’, from
the collection of Allen J. Mercher, sold in these rooms,
清順治 / 康熙 五彩四妃十六子圖蓋罐 22nd March 2011, lot 107.
一對 ⊖ $ 15,000-20,000
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來源 清康熙 五彩浮雕三星圖方瓶
Ralph M. Chait Galleries，紐約
來源
美國私人收藏
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