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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANN AND GORDON
GETTY
FOUR FAMILLE-ROSE ‘PEONY’ SWEETMEAT
DISHES
QING DYNASTY, GUANGXU PERIOD
each " nely modeled in the form of four adjoining peony
blooms, the petal-molded sides rising to a foliate rim, the
interior enameled with yellow stamen surrounded by lush
variegated pink radiating petals, all joined by applied green-
enameled leaves issuing from a central stem, the exterior
depicting the base of each ! ower with further pink overlapping
petals centered by a green sepal, one dish with the rim gilt (4)
Length 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm

PROVENANCE
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Sotheby’s London, 17th May 1998, lot 491.
$ 8,000-12,000
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ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1998ϋ5˜17˚dᇜ໮491

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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘PRUNUS AND BAMBOO’
BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, DAOGUANG PERIOD,
SHENDETANG MARK

the globular body rising to a slender cylindrical neck with a gilt
mouthrim, enameled around the exterior with scattered sprays
of pink prunus blossoms and green bamboo, divided by ruyi-
head bands and a foliate scroll, the base with a four-character
hallmark Shende Tang zhi in iron red
Height 13½ in., 34.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Walter F. Price (b. 1858), San Francisco, acquired
from Vickery, Atkins and Torrey, San Francisco in the 1920s-
30s.
$ 6,000-8,000
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Walter F Price ͛1858 ϗᔛdᔚږʆd
ᒅ׵ Vickery Atkins and Torreydᔚږʆd
1920Ї1930ϋ˾

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