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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

A FAMILLE-VERTE ‘BOYS’ ROULEAU VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the cylindrical body elegantly painted with boys at play, one
with hands clasped over the eyes of a playmate, observed
by an older boy wearing an o cial’s robe and clasping a ruyi
scepter, a small boy crouching over in laughter, as another,
bearing a lotus blossom on a stick, happily tickles the central

gure with a twig, all set between a band of lappets encircling
the base and an elaborate cloud collar enclosing crane
medallions, orets and lea ng fruit on a pale-green stippled
ground, the shoulder with stylized chrysanthemum reserved
on a diaper ground, the slender neck with a raised chevron

let, repeated at the rim
Height 18 in., 45.7 cm

PROVENANCE

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

EXHIBITED

Children in Chinese Art, China Institute, New York, 1991.

$ 20,000-30,000

Ralph M Chait Galleries 1991 695
Michael B Weisbrod Inc

Children in Chinese Art

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

A FAMILLE-VERTE BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the ovoid body rising to a tall slender neck, the body brightly
enameled with three Buddhist lions gamboling among ribbons,
two in shades of green, the third smaller and in iron-red, a
foliate scroll at the shoulder below upright ruyi-lappets, the
rim with a diaper band surmounting downturned ruyi-lappets
suspending tassels, cash symbols and chimes, all supported
on a short tapered foot
Height 11⅞ in., 30.2 cm

PROVENANCE
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 1990s.

$ 20,000-30,000

Ralph M Chait Galleries 1990

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