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A WUCAI BEAKER VASE
QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI PERIOD
modeled in the form of an archaic bronze gu, painted in bright
enamels to the # aring upper register with a pheasant perched
on rocks among # owering peonies below a band of classic
scrolls encircling the mouth, the central bulbous section with
fruiting sprays of pomegranate and peaches, the spreading
foot with # owering branches and rockwork, the base left
unglazed
Height 16¼ in., 41.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Patrick H. Booth Jr. (1921-2010).
Christie’s New York, 16th September 2011, lot 1502.
$ 8,000-12,000
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND GORDON
GETTY
A LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE ‘BIRD AND
FLOWER’ JAR
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

of ovoid form, the exterior with pheasants and magpies amid
rockwork and resplendent blooms of peony, chrysanthemum
and prunus, all predominantly painted in vibrant green and
iron-red enamels o< set by muted aubergine and yellow hues
against a white ground, the mouth and footring unglazed, wood
cover (2)
Height 16½ in., 41.9 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), coll. no.
550/690003.
Christie’s London, 5th April 2000, lot 55.
LITERATURE
Stephen Bushell and William La< an, Catalogue of the Morgan
Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New York, 1910, cat. no. 550.
$ 4,000-6,000
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