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           A VIBRANT BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ BOTTLE VASE      Provenance:
           Kangxi                                            Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York
           Of slightly compressed globular form on a tall spreading foot, the body   Purchase by subscription, 1879
           painted in vivid lapis-blue tones with three equally spaced lotus flowers  The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present
           encircled by leafy stems, surmounted by a tall slender cylindrical neck
           painted with an upright plantain-leaf collar below petal and classic   來源：
           scroll bands below the rim, the tall spreading foot with dappled   Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約
           markings.                                         會費購藏，1879 年
           6 1/4in (15.9cm) high                             大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今

           $3,000 - 5,000                                    Compare with a similar pair of blue and white ‘lotus’ vases, Kangxi,
                                                             illustrated by A. du Boulay, The Taft Museum: Its History and
           清康熙 青花蕉葉蓮花紋長頸荸薺扁瓶                                 Collections, Vol.II, New York, 1995, p.590, no.1931.61,63.

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










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