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673 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BENNO SCHMIDT, JR

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘CRANE AND DEER’
VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the ovoid body rising from a splayed foot to a waisted neck and
ared mouth rim, boldly painted with a pair of deer emerging

from an enclave of pine, bamboo, rockwork and lingzhi, a crane
in ight amidst scrolled clouds above, the base inscribed with
an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark
Height 9¾ in., 24.8 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), and
thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993).
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr, and thence by descent.

$ 6,000-8,000

1874 1964
1907 1993
Chait Galleries
Benno Schmidt Sr

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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BENNO SCHMIDT, JR

A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

rising from a splayed foot, the elongated ovoid body boldly
painted with a scene of a striding general signaling to his steed
as three soldiers converse nearby in a setting of rockwork
and foliage below a layer of swirling mist, a round moon
and constellations in the distance and just below the short
cylindrical neck with a raised horizontal ring and everted
mouth rim, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character
Jiajing mark within a double ring
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), and thence by
descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993).
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr, and thence by descent.

$ 4,000-6,000

1874 1964
1907 1993
Ralph M Chait Galleries
Benno Schmidt Sr

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