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H891
                                                                                           A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE FLUTED VASE

                                                                                                                                   KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

                                                                                                      The body is decorated with shaped panels enclosing
                                                                                                      blossoming peony and a rock formation on one side
                                                                                                      and a bird perched on a blossoming prunus tree on the
                                                                                                      reverse. The narrow sides are decorated with butterfies
                                                                                                      and fower blossoms on a green stippled ground. The
                                                                                                      trumpet-form neck is decorated with antiques on the
                                                                                                      exterior and three blossoming branches on the interior.
                                                                                                      11Ω in. (29.1 cm.) high
                                                                                                                  $2,000-3,000

                                                                                                                                                                                                            PROVENANCE

                                                                                                      Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection,
                                                                                                      New York.
                                                                                                      The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
                                                                                                      accessioned in 1879.

                                                                                                                  清康熙 五彩花鳥紋瓶

                                                                                                                  來源
                                                                                                                  Samuel Putnam Avery(1822-1904)珍藏, 紐約。
                                                                                                                  紐約大都會藝術博物館,入藏於1879年。

                                                                                   H892
                                                                                           A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE ARCHAISTIC
                                                                                           POURING VESSEL

                                                                                                                                   KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

                                                                                                      Each side is decorated with a taotie mask on a stippled-
                                                                                                      green ground, beneath a diaper border interrupted by
                                                                                                      a shaped panel containing two bells on one side, and
                                                                                                      another panel containing a fan and a wan emblem on the
                                                                                                      other side. Clambering chilong are applied beneath the
                                                                                                      spout and on either side of the handle.
                                                                                                      4º in. (11 cm.) long
                                                                                                                  $2,500-3,500

                                                                                                                                                                                                            PROVENANCE

                                                                                                      Bluett & Sons, London, no. 52 (according to label).
                                                                                                      Mary Stillman Harkness (1874-1952) Collection.
                                                                                                      The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
                                                                                                      accessioned in 1950.

                                                                                                                  清康熙 五彩堆塑螭龍饕餮紋匜

                                                                                                                  來源
                                                                                                                  Bluett & Sons,倫敦。
                                                                                                                  Mary Stillman Harkness(1874-1952)珍藏。
                                                                                                                  紐約大都會藝術博物館,入藏於1950年。

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