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PROPERTY FROM THE STRONG MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE
COLLECTIONS FUND
Property from the Strong Museum, Rochester, New York
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Sold to Benefit the Collections Fund A BLUE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS TRIPOD CENSER
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK IN A
LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Raised on three truncated conical supports, the compressed
美國斯特朗博物館珍藏 censeris decorated with floral scrolls in sapphire blue overlay
on top of the milky white body. An additional character, han, is
inscribed under the nianhao.
拍賣收益將用作支持館藏基金 4 in. (10.2 cm.) diam.

$15,000-25,000
(Lots 1210–1211)
PROVENANCE:
Alice Motley Woodbury (1859-1933) Collection, Rochester,
Christie’s is pleased to present the following two Qing-
New York.
dynasty glass vessels, formerly in the collection Alice
The Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York,
Motley Woodbury (1859-1933), on behalf of the Strong
accessioned in 1974.
Museum in Rochester, New York. Alice Woodbury came
from a family of avid art collectors, and was particularly
passionate about Asian art and antiquities, an interest 斯ṁ朗博ḵ館珍藏
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facilitated by multiple trips to Japan between 1905 and 清̖隆ǎ涅白ঃ套藍玻璃花卉紋˕足爐ǎ
1913. Woodbury’s collection of Asian art was subsequently Ǚ૯清̖隆年製ǚǏǙ寒ǚ楷書ח款
passed down to her daughter, Margaret Woodbury Strong
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household objects, the majority relating to play. Upon 斯ṁ朗玩Փ博ḵ館
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her passing, Margaret left her collections and financial
resources for the opening of a museum, and in 1982, the
Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum opened to the public
in Rochester, New York. Upon its opening, portions of Alice
Woodbury’s Asian art collection were featured in a central
gallery in the museum. Also from this collection is lot 1128, PROPERTY FROM THE STRONG MUSEUM, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE
COLLECTIONS FUND
the Qianlong blue and yellow ‘dragon dish’.
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A BLUE AND ORANGE-OVERLAY WHITE GLASS VASE
Alice Mottle Woodbury (1859-1933) at the Woodbury family
home, Rochester New York, c. 1910s. From the Margaret QIANLONG FOUR-CHARACTER WHEEL-CUT MARK
Woodbury Strong collection, courtesy of the Strong Museum of WITHIN A SQUARE AND PROBABLY OF THE PERIOD
Play. Photographer unknown.
Alice Mottle Woodbury (1859-1933)於其紐約羅徹斯特寓所, 1910 The upper two sections are decorated with floral bands in
年前後, 圖片鳴謝斯特朗博物館, 佚名攝影師 blue and orange overlay on a white body, all raised on a blue-
green foot. The vase is raised on a seperate pink glass stand
with ruyi-form feet.
3u (8.7 cm.) high
$18,000-25,000
PROVENANCE:
Alice Motley Woodbury (1859-1933) Collection, Rochester,
New York.
The Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York,
accessioned in 1976.

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Ϝ源
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