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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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