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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE, III
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A RARE GREEN AND YELLOW ENAMELED ‘DRAGON’ PROVENANCE
STEM BOWL AND STAND Samuel C. Davis (1871-1940) Collection, St. Louis.
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Samuel C. Davis was the son of a prominent family in St. Louis and gained his
The exterior of the stem bowl is decorated with two dragons pursuing ‘faming interest in Chinese ceramics while embarking on a world tour after graduating
pearls’ amidst fames and clouds above a band of cresting waves surrounding from Harvard University in 1893 and also from attending the 1904 Louisiana
the foot, the center of the interior with an apocryphal Hongzhi mark, all Purchase Exposition where there were displays of Asian art. He purchased
under green enamel reserved on a yellow ground. The lobed fange and the many of his pieces from C.T. Loo. Upon his death in 1940, he bequeathed
splayed foot of the bowl stand are similarly decorated, and the lobed, globular 202 pieces of porcelain, as well as stone, bronze and lacquer to the St. Louis
receptacle is decorated with stylized clouds.
Museum of Art. He also gave some pieces to Harvard University. His brother
6æ in. (17.2 cm.) high was Dwight F. Davis, after whom the international tennis tournament Davis
Cup is named.
$10,000-15,000
清十八/十九世紀 黃綠彩海水雲龍紋高足盌及托
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