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A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE SOFT PASTE PORCELAIN Provenance:
‘LOTUS’ VASE Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York
Kangxi Purchase by subscription, 1879
Of unusual, compressed form, the widely spreading body rising The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present
from a short foot to a tall, slightly waisted, cylindrical neck, painted
in an attractive cobalt blue with dense curling leafy scrolls with lotus 來源：
flowerheads borne on curling floral scrolls that continue up the neck to Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
a narrow band of whorls and a raised bowstring band beneath upright 會費購藏，1879 年
lappets, the rim with further a whorl band, an encircled six-character 大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今
Xuande mark to the base.
2 3/4in (7cm) high See also a similar example in the collection of The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, bequest of Benjamin Altman (1913), illustrated on
$1,200 - 1,500 the museum’s website (acc. no. 14.40.288).
清康熙 漿胎青花纏枝花卉紋小荸薺扁瓶
青花 「大明宣德年製」雙圈楷書款

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Detail: see p.16 (N)

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