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45 AN AUBERGINE-GLAZED
‘BAMBOO’ DOUBLE VASE
㶭 劬 QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
⋩ 䙖 molded in the form of two adjacent bamboo stalks, one taller Ը๕
ℓ 䳓 than the other, each naturalistically modeled with nodes and
ᶾ 慱 knots, a small sprig of leaves rising from the base at one side, œŢŭűũġŎįġńũŢŪŵġňŢŭŭŦųŪŦŴ炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹĴ⸜IJij㚰IJĴ㖍
䲨ġġġ 䪡 covered in a lustrous inky indigo glaze save for the base, wood ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
䭨 stand (2) 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĸĴĺ
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㍺ Height 5½ in., 14 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 13th December 1983.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
Irving, no. 739.
႒ $ 3,000-5,000

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