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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JEROME
ZIMMERMAN

1581
AN UNUSUAL LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
SLENDER BALUSTER VASE

17TH CENTURY

The slender body is decorated on each side
with a dragon, one descending, the other
ascending, the two contesting a large faming
pearl on one of the narrow sides. Each side
of the waisted neck is decorated with a
peony sprig between the pair of elephant-
head loop handles and below the characters
‘ri’ (sun) and ‘yue’ (moon) enclosed within a
cloud-form cartouche.
18º in. (46.4 cm.) high
$12,000-18,000
明末清初 青花龍紋雙耳大瓶

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