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A BLUE AND WHITE GIN BOTTLE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Of square section, each side is relief-decorated with
the flowers of the four seasons, set within a border
of molded wan diapers and beneath a scalloped collar
suspending lanterns and lotus on the flat shoulder.
9¿ in. (23.1 cm.) high

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

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

清康熙 青花四季花卉紋方瓶

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。

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TWO BLUE AND WHITE
METAL-MOUNTED BOTTLE VASES

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The larger vase is decorated with two dragons chasing

flaming pearls amidst flames and clouds, below various

decorative borders. The smaller vase is decorated with

stylized flowers, below flower sprigs on the neck. Both

vases have European metal mounts on the mouths and

upper portions of the neck.

10º and 9√ in. (25.9 and 25.1 cm.) high (2)

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE

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

A blue and white Kangxi-period kendi with
stylistically similar metal mounts is in the Palace
Museum, Beijing, and illustrated by Wang Jianhua
in The Porcelain of Jingdezhen Civilian Kiln of Qing
Dynasty in the Collection of the Palace Museum, vol. 1,
Beijing, 2014, pp. 248-9, no. 96.

清康熙 青花螭龍紋長頸瓶及青花花卉紋長頸瓶

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。

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