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738
AN UNUSUAL SMALL
CREAM-GLAZED
DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM
BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The box is decorated in relief with four bats on
the body and the cover is similarly decorated
with three smaller bats surrounding a gnarled
stem extending downwards from the top.
2¬ in. (6.8 cm.) diam.

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937)
Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the
Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham
(1870-1920) in 1925.
清十八世紀 米白釉雕蝙蝠紋葫蘆式小蓋盒

738

739
A SMALL
MOLDED CREAMY
WHITE-GLAZED
SHALLOW WASHER
18TH CENTURY
The vessel is molded in the center of the
interior with a front-facing dragon amidst
clouds, and with a band of ruyi on the exterior
below the mouth rim.
4¡ in. (11 cm.) diam.

$2,000-3,000

PROVENANCE
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937)
Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as
the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham
(1870-1920) in 1925.
清十八世紀 白釉模印雲龍紋小洗

739 (two views)

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