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Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 720

A PAINTED 'CIZHOU' 'FIGURAL' BALUSTER VASE, YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTUR Y
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

A PAINTED 'CIZHOU' 'FIGURAL' BALUSTER VASE
YUAN / EARLY MING DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY
元 / 明初 十四世紀 磁州窰白地褐花開光人物故事圖罐

the narrow lower body sweeping to a broad shoulder and rising to an upright rim, covered overall in an ivory glaze and elaborately
painted with dark-chocolate-brown designs, the broad register below the shoulder painted with three shaped cartouches each
enclosing figures within landscapes, the spaces between the cartouches filled with scrolling foliage, bordered above and below by
bands of waves, clouds, and floral scrolls occupying the shoulder and lower body, wood cover and stand (3)

Height 10⅞ in., 27.6 cm

Provenance
Collection of Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918).
American Art Association, New York, 28th January 1919, lot 576.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，紐約，1919年1月28日，編號576
William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930) 收藏，此後家族傳承

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