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THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR

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A DEHUA BALUSTER VASE

17TH-18TH CENTURY
The slender vase is incised with a lotus group on
one side and a peony spray on the other, and the
gently faring neck is carved with a sinuous chilong
gripping a lingzhi fungus spray in its mouth. The
vase is covered overall with a creamy glaze which
continues into the interior.
13¡ in. (34 cm.) high
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

A. W. Bahr (1877–1959) Collection.
Private West Coast collection, acquired before
1964, and thence by descent.

EXHIBITED

Shanghai, North-China branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society, 1908.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 1964.

LITERATURE

A. W. Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of
Art in China; Being Description and Illustrations
of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in
Shanghai, November, 1908, London, 1911, p. 55,
pl. XIV.
明末/清十八世紀 德化白釉刻螭龍擒芝紋瓶

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