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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN
PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-ROSE ‘FLORAL’
DISHES
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG
PERIOD
each brightly and well-enameled, the interior
with a central foliate panel enclosing a ß oral
array with a pair of butterlies ß uttering above,
reserved on a blue-ground ß oral meander with
demi-ß orets, encircled by narrow pink trellis
band along the cavetto and a pale green cellular
border enclosing four shaped cartouches
of varying fruit and ß owers, the underside
undecorated (2)
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Diameter 9 in., 22.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1997.
$ 15,000-25,000
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RalphġMįġChaitġGalleries炻䲸䲬炻1997⸜

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION
A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘THREE STAR
GODS’ VASE
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG
PERIOD
of slender baluster form with tapered sides
rising to angled shoulders, a waisted neck,
and ß aring rim, brightly enameled with the
auspicious trio gathered in conversation,
Shoulao, the God of Longevity, leaning on a
sta& o& ering a peach to Luxing, the God of
Rank and Emolument, clasping a hu court
tablet alongside a large crane, and the God of
Blessing, Fuxing, holding a small boy, all three
dressed in colorful, voluminous robes, bats
swooping above, the opposite side with a large,
lush branch of ß owering, leafy peony, the neck
with a bough of fruiting pomegranate and a
ß uttering butterß y
Height 17½ in., 44.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Cohen & Cohen, London.
$ 10,000-15,000
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CohenġħġCohen炻ΐ㔎

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