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            PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN   PROVENANCE
            PRIVATE COLLECTION
                                              Collection of Edmund Odon Fisher, Esq.
            A CARVED ‘LONGQUAN’ CELADON-      Sotheby’s London, 26th June 1973, lot 213.
            GLAZED ‘PEONY’ GUAN AND COVER     Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 21st May 1979, lot 32.
                                              Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chia.
            MING DYNASTY, EARLY 15TH
                                              Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 5th November 1996, lot
            CENTURY
                                              651.
            sturdily potted, of wide baluster form swelling
                                              $ 50,000-70,000
            generously from a short, slightly tapered foot,
            the lobed sides freely incised with eight leaÞ ng   㖶⋩Ḽᶾ䲨⇅ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⇣䈉ᷡ
            peony blossoms, all above a wide band of sti!    䲳味仸
            upright-leaf lappets, the domed cover with
            similar ß uted and carved decoration encircling   Ը๕
            the low conical knop, a ß owerhead medallion   EdmundġOdonġFisherġ㓞啷
            impressed on the underside, covered overall
                                              ΐ㔎喯⭴㭼1973⸜6㚰26㖍炻䶐嘇213
            with a thick even glaze of sea-green color, the
                                              楁㷗喯⭴㭼1979⸜5㚰21㖍炻䶐嘇32
            unctuous bubble-su! used glaze pooling to a
                                              JackġChiaġằ⃟㓞啷
            deeper green in the recesses, stopping short of
                                              楁㷗喯⭴㭼1996⸜11㚰5㖍炻䶐嘇651
            the unglazed foot, revealing the pale gray body
            burnt reddish-orange in the Þ ring (2)
            Height 12½ in., 30.5 cm





















































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