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A DOUCAI-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE
ROULEAU VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the cylindrical body sweeping to a tall neck encircled by a
collar and tapering slightly towards the galleried rim, reserved
on the bright ‘powder blue’ ground with two gures in military
dress conversing with a sherman beside a tree, detailed in
underglaze blue and doucai enamels, wood stand (2)
Height 17½ in., 44.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902), and thence by
descent.

$ 4,000-6,000

Heber R Bishop 1840 1902 532

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A FAMILLE-ROSE ‘ARHATS’ ALMS JAR
QING DYNASTY

the globular body painted with a continuous scene of the
eighteen arhats in a garden landscape, all depicted with their
respective attributes, wood cover inset with a reticulated jade
knob (2)
Diameter 6¾ in., 17.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Heber R. Bishop (1840-1902).
American Art Association, New York, 20th January 1906, lot
943.
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. 943, where the vase is illustrated in
an engraving by G.E. Burr.

$ 4,000-6,000

Heber R Bishop 1840 1902 1906 1 20 943
American Art Association
Harriet Bishop Lanier 1866

American Art Association Thomas E Kirby De Luxe

Catalogue of the Art Collection Formed by the Late Heber R

Bishop 1906 943 G E Burr

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