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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BENNO SCHMIDT, JR

TWO SOFT PASTE BLUE AND WHITE VASES
QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY

each of elongated ovoid form rising to a short waisted neck
and painted with gnarled twin pine trees growing beside
rockwork and leafy bamboo, one with a moon emerging from
mist in the distance (2)
Height of taller 8⅞ in., 22.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), no. 46,
and thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993), no. 216.
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr, and thence by descent.

$ 12,000-18,000

1874 1964 46
1907 1993 216
Chait Galleries
Benno Schmidt Sr

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIGURAL’ BOWL
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the deep sides rising from a tapered foot to an everted rim,
the exterior painted with four cartouches featuring scenes of
genteel life, the cartouches linked by clouds, the interior with
a central medallion of three boys playing, a diaper-and- ower
band at the rim, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with
an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark within a double-
circle, Japanese wood box (2)
Diameter 8⅛ in., 20.6 cm

$ 4,000-6,000

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