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A WHITE-GLAZED INCISED PROVENANCE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOAN
‘DRAGON’ BOTTLE VASE OESTREICH KEND
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY Collection of Henry Blank (1872-1949), Glen
Ridge, New Jersey. A ‘DEHUA’ ‘GUANYIN AND CHILD’
the pear-shaped body rising to a tall slender neck Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 9th GROUP
and lipped rim, incised with a writhing dragon, December 1949, lot 223. QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH
its barbed tail coiling around the neck, in pursuit CENTURY
of a ‘ aming pearl’, covered overall with a pale $ 8,000-12,000
bluish-green slip pooling into the carving and a the seated bodhisattva holding a child,
semi-opaque white glaze Henry Blank 1872 1949 Glen Ridge accompanied by a standing acolyte, all supported
Height 9¾ in., 24.8 cm on a pierced rockwork base, the back impressed
with two marks reading He Chaochun and Xuande
Parke Bernet Galleries Inc Height 9⅞ in., 25.1 cm

1949 12 9 223 PROVENANCE
Christie’s New York, 28th June 1984, lot 459.

$ 12,000-18,000

1984 6 28 459

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