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           AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE CRACKLE-GLAZED ‘FLORAL’   Provenance:
           VASE                                              Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York
           19th century                                      Purchase by subscription, 1879
           The globular body surmounted by a tall cylindrical neck, painted overall  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present
           in cobalt blue under a lightly crackled glaze with a dense network of
           foliate scrolls issuing flowerheads alternating from smaller prunus and   來源:
           mallow blooms to larger flora with tall stamen and serrated petals,   Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904),紐約
           dressed in brown at the rim and at the deeply cut biscuit base.   會費購藏,1879 年
           14 1/2in (36.8cm) high                            大都會藝術博物館,1879 年迄今
           $2,000 - 3,000                                    For a large blue and white plaque decorated with very similar large
                                                             flowerheads on a scroll ground, see Gunhild Avitabile, From the
           十九世紀 仿哥釉青花纏枝花卉紋天球瓶                                Dragon’s Treasure, Chinese Porcelain from the 19th & 20th century,
                                                             London, 1987, p.27, no.15.
           Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價






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