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ANOTHER PROPERTY PROPERTY FROM A TEXAS COLLECTION

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A TALL DEHUA VASE AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE-ENAMELED VASE
17TH CENTURY 19TH CENTURY

The slender vase with lipped rim is carved below the broad shoulder The vase, which has a high-shouldered body and tall waisted neck
with a band of key-fret pattern between two bow-string lines, that fares at the rim, is decorated allover with white-enameled
interrupted by a pair of animal mask-handles suspending loose rings, prunus blossoms and bamboo outlined in black reserved on a ground
and is covered overall with an even glaze of ivory tone. of blue-enamel ‘cracked-ice’ pattern. A double underglaze-blue circle
14º in. (36.2 cm.) high, Japanese wood box with an inscription dated is on the base.
to the 2nd year of Taisho (1913). 16æ in. (42.5 cm.) high

$6,000-8,000 $3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE PROVENANCE

Private collection, Japan, formed in the early 20th century. Christie’s New York, 13-14 September 2012, lot 1551.

明末清初 德化白釉獸首銜環耳瓶 清十九世紀 藍地白彩冰梅紋瓶

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