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A SOFT PASTE BLUE AND WHITE Heber R Bishop 1840 1902 1906 1 20
‘PHOENIX AND KUILONG’ BOTTLE American Art Association
VASE
QING DYNASTY, YONGZHENG 893
PERIOD Harriet Bishop Lanier 1866

nely-potted, the globular body raised on a short American Art Association Thomas E Kirby
slightly splayed foot to a tall cylindrical neck and De Luxe Catalogue of the Art Collection
wide galleried mouth rim, molded with horizontal
ribs to the body, shoulder and neck, nely painted Formed by the Late Heber R Bishop
around the body with two registers of archaistic 1906 893 G E Burr
phoenix and kuilong amidst a dense ground of
scrolling lotus, all above a band of overlapping
lappets at the foot, the neck painted with three
registers of suspended chimes and auspicious
emblems, all below a broad band of upright
lappets and a cloud scroll border at the rim
Height 14 in., 35.4 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902).
American Art Association, New York, 20th
January 1906, lot 893.
Collection of Harriet Bishop Lanier (b. 1866), and
thence by descent.

LITERATURE

American Art Association and Thomas E. Kirby,
De Luxe Catalogue of the Art Collection Formed
by the Late Heber R. Bishop, New York, 1906, pl.
893, where the vase is illustrated in an engraving
by G.E. Burr ( g.1).

$ 20,000-30,000

Fig. 1 American Art Association and Thomas
E. Kirby, De Luxe Catalogue of the Art Collection
Formed by the Late Heber R. Bishop, New York,
1906, pl. 893, where the vase is illustrated in an
engraving by G.E. Burr

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