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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ARTHUR majestic event, additional officials, attendants, 清康熙 五彩王母授桃圖棒槌瓶
AND SARA JO KOBACKER and warriors standing by on the platform and
A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘XIWANGMU’ on the terrace below, trees and rocks at the 來源
ROULEAU VASE perimeter of the scene, the shoulder with iron- 香港佳士得2000年5月1日，編號729
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD red rosettes and shaped cartouches enclosing
bamboo all reserved against a green diaper
the cylindrical body set over a low foot and ground, the neck painted with a lone hut in
supporting a columnar neck with a galleried a riverside landscape, keyfret encircling the
rim, richly painted with Xiwangmu arriving galleried rim
from the left on a cloud with an assembly of Height 18½ in., 47 cm
female musicians and an attendant bearing a PROVENANCE
dish of peaches, a phoenix soaring nearby, the
emperor seated on a tall platform awaiting the Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st May 2000, lot 729.
goddess’s arrival, an official wearing a ‘crane’
rank badge animatedly gesturing toward the $ 30,000-50,000

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