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75  ¤
           A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE SLENDER BALUSTER VASE AND   Provenance:
           COVER                                             Bequest of William Rhinelander Stewart, 1929
           Kangxi                                            The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929-present
           Painted in subtle cobalt tones with two golden pheasants, one
           swooping down on an unsuspecting insect to one side, the other   來源:
           displaying its tail feathers and standing atop a rocky outcrop set   William Rhinelander Stewart 遺贈,1929 年
           between branches of peony and blossoming prunus, the rounded   大都會藝術博物館,1929 年迄今
           shoulder with a narrow chevron band below flowering branch sprays
           at the slightly tapering cylindrical neck, the cover with ruyi lappets and   For a blue and white rouleau vase with a similar ‘pheasant on
           a knop finial.                                    rockwork’ scene, see Wang Qingzheng (ed.) Kangxi Porcelain Ware
           10 1/2in (26.7cm) high                            from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Shanghai, 1998, pp.88-89,
                                                             no.57; and another is illustrated in Fire and Colour: Imperial Kiln
           $1,200 - 1,800                                    Porcelain of the Qing Dynasty from the Palace Museum Collection,
                                                             Macao Museum of Art, 2011, pp.100-101, no.32.
           清康熙 青花錦雞花石圖高奘罐
           Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價







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