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PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN PRIVATE
COLLECTION

A FAMILLE-VERTE YENYEN VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the baluster body rising from a spreading foot
to a tall trumpet neck with aring rim, nely
enameled with two gural scenes and gilt
details, on the body a scene of a court lady
sitting before a landscape-painted screen as
two female entertainers perform a sword dance
as attendants look on, the neck with an outdoor
scene of an o cial shooting an arrow surrounded
by boys , a band of diaper with owers and
treasures below, bands of ruyi head at the neck
and shoulder, an underglaze blue band at rim
and foot
Height 17¾ in., 45 cm

PROVENANCE

American Private Collection, Newport, Rhode
Island.

$ 30,000-50,000

IMPORTANT CHINESE ART 193