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AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE PAIR OF COPPER- 㶭⹟䅁ġġġ䘥慱層慱塷䲭坕漵䲳攟柠䒞ᶨ⮵
RED RELIEF-MOLDED ‘CHILONG’ BOTTLE
VASES ˪⣏㶭⹟䅁⸜墥˫㫦
KANGXI MARKS AND PERIOD Ը๕
GeorgeįġRįġDavies炷1843Į1918炸㓞啷
each Þ nely potted with an ovoid body and a rounded EdgarġEzekielġGorer炻ΐ㔎⍲䲸䲬
shoulder rising to a tall cylindrical neck ß aring slightly to
a lipped rim, the shoulder and neck encircled by a relief- WilliamġHįġWhitridge炷1939⸜必炸
molded striding three-clawed chilong, decorated with a ParkeĮBernetġGalleries炻䲸䲬炻1939⸜4㚰16㖍炻䶐嘇534
copper-red ‘peachbloom’ glaze, the recessed base with a six- ⎚吪剔ɀ䑲偗ᶱᶾ炷1978⸜必炸㓞啷
character mark in underglaze blue (2) ࢝ᚎ
Height 8¾in., 22.3cm
˪CatalogueġofġtheġCollectionġofġOldġChineseġPorcelainsġ
PROVENANCE formedġbyġGeorgeġRįġDaviesĭġPurchasedġbyġGorerġandġ
ExhibitedġatġDreicerġħġCoįĭġNY˫炻䲸䲬炻1913⸜炻
Collection of George. R. Davies (1843-1918).
Edgar Ezekiel Gorer, London and New York. 䶐嘇124
Collection of William H. Whitridge (d. 1939). ˪TheġWhitridgeġCollectionġofġChineseġPotteryġandġ
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 16th April 1939, lot 534. Porcelain˫炻⶜䇦䘬㐑喅埻⌂䈑棐炻⶜䇦䘬㐑炻
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 1930⸜炻䶐嘇287
剅≈⒍喅埻⌂䈑棐炻剅≈⒍炻1951⸜
EXHIBITED
Catalogue of the Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains formed
by George R. Davies, Purchased by Gorer and Exhibited at
Dreicer & Co., NY, New York, 1913, cat. no. 124.
The Whitridge Collection of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain,
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1930, cat. no. 287.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1951

$ 100,000-150,000

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