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TWO DEHUA FLUTES
17TH CENTURY

Both are cut with oval and circular fngering holes on the
sides. The longer is shaped as a section of bamboo, with
a notch cut at the mouth end. The shorter is molded at
each end with bands of key-fret and stif leaves. Each is
covered with a glaze of ivory tone.

23º and 14Ω in. (59.2 and 36.9 cm.), two cloth bags,

two wood boxes (2)

$10,000-15,000

The longer of the two futes is similar to one of
comparable length (22¡ in.) from the Ian and Susan
Wilson Collection of Scholar’s Objects sold at
Christie’s New York, 17 March 2016, lot 1183. The
shorter fute is similar to one illustrated by Robert H.
Blumenfeld, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of
Dehua, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 32 B, and another (14æ
in.) sold at Christie’s London, 12 July 2005, lot 86.

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