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A FAMILLE-VERTE BALUSTER VASE PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION PROVENANCE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘BOYS’ ROULEAU
Michael B. Weisbrod Inc., New York.
the globular body rising from a ß ared foot to VASE
a waisted neck with a single horizontal rib and QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD EXHIBITED
terminating in a wide trumpet mouth, painted Children in Chinese Art, China Institute, New
in iron-red and bright enamels with reserves the cylindrical body brightly enameled with
of peony, chrysanthemum, aster, dahlia, iris, boys at play, one with hands clasped over York, 1991.
rose, and prunus, as well as reserves of the the eyes of a playmate, observed by an older
$ 10,000-15,000
‘Hundred Antiques’ against ß oral and stippled boy wearing an o% cial’s robe and clasping
backgrounds, the interior and base glazed a ruyi scepter, a small boy crouching over in 㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑⫘㇚⚾㡺㥴䒞
white, the latter with an underglaze blue double laughter, as another, bearing a lotus-form
ring lantern, happily tickles the central Þ gure Ը๕
Height 17⅞ in., 45.4 cm with a twig, all set between a band of lappets RalphġMįġChaitġGalleries炻䲸䲬
encircling the base and an elaborate cloud- MichaelġBįġWeisbrodġIncį炻䲸䲬
PROVENANCE collar band enclosing crane medallions on a
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. pale-green stippled ground with fruiting peach ࢝ᚎ
boughs and ß orets, the shoulder with stylized ˪ChildrenġinġChineseġArt˫炻ġ厗伶⋼
$ 6,000-8,000 chrysanthemum reserved on a diaper ground, 忚䣦炻䲸䲬炻1991⸜
the slender neck with a raised chevron Þ let,
㶭⹟䅁ġġġḼ⼑攳⃱剙圞⌂⎌⚾䒞 repeated at the rim
Ը๕ Height 18 in., 45.7 cm
RalphġMįġChaitġGalleries炻䲸䲬

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