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PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

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A BLUE AND WHITE COVER
JIAJING PERIOD (1522-1566)

The domed cover is well painted in a rich purplish-blue tone with
boys in a landscape engaged in various activities, encircled by a band
of classic scrolls on the rim. The fnial is in the form of a lotus bud.
8 in. (20 cm.) diam.

$5,000-7,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby Parke Bernet Hong Kong Ltd., 8 November 1982, lot 93.

明嘉靖 青花嬰戯紋蓋

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A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND A COVER
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)

The body is painted in deep cobalt-blue with shaped cartouches of
foral sprays growing amidst rocks, and the shoulder with shaped
panels of blossoming branches separated by four animal masks,
reserved on a diaper band. The cover is decorated with three panels
enclosing foral branches, also on a diaper ground.

16Ω in. (42 cm.) high (2)

$4,000-6,000

明萬曆 青花錦地開光洞石花卉紋罐及蓋

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