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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN PERIOD

of cylindrical form with a waisted neck and ared rim, well
painted in varying tones of cobalt-blue depicting the famous

rst meeting between King Wen of Zhou, standing at a river’s
edge with attendants and the self-exiled military strategist
Jiang Ziya living as a humble sherman, all amidst craggy
rockwork and foliage, set between a lappet band and a oral
scroll, the neck with owering lotus plants, the base unglazed
Height 17⅛ in., 43.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Michael B. Weisbrod, Inc., New York, 1988.

LITERATURE
Rosalind Fischell, Blue and White China: Origins/Western
In uences, Boston, 1987, p. 22.

$ 25,000-35,000

Ralph M Chait Galleries 1988
Michael B Weisbrod Inc

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

AN IRON-RED GROUND FAMILLE-VERTE
ROULEAU VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the cylindrical body well painted with two large and bountiful
ower baskets within rectangular panels, divided by two

smaller shaped reserves of ‘antiques’ and butter ies, all
reserved on an iron-red scrolling foliate and chrysanthemum
bloom ground, the neck with stylized shou characters, with
later inscription, possibly a collector’s name, incised into the
glaze reading Wudan dougongshi
Height 18⅝ in., 47.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Michael B. Weisbrod Gallery, New York, 1980s.

$ 12,000-15,000

Michael B Weisbrod Gallery 1980

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