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PROPERTY FROM A NAPA COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM VARIOUS OWNERS
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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON’ TWO BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ STICK A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN
JARS AND COVERS NECK VASES GINGER JAR
Jiajing marks, Late Qing dynasty Kangxi period Kangxi period
Each with a compressed ovoid body rising Each with a slightly compressed globular Of ovoid form, the exterior walls painted
from a recessed base to a short straight body, rising to a tall cylindrical neck, the in washes and outlines of brilliant cobalt
neck, painted around the exterior in bright body and lower part of the neck painted with blue with two opposing reserves, each
cobalt-blue tones with two scaly five-clawed large lotus blossoms borne on leafy scrolling framing a mythical beast on rocks, emerging
dragons surrounded by wisps of flames stems, beneath upright plantain leaves, one from crashing waves, separated by leafy
amidst scattered scrolling clouds, all between with a diamond diaper encircling the mouth, chrysanthemum and lotus flower, all below a
bands of tight scrolls and ruyi at the neck the other with a sawtooth band enclosing circular ‘saw-tooth’ band, the recessed base
and shoulder, and petal lappets around the semi-florets, the bases bearing Xuande six- centered with a double ring in underglaze
foot, the base with six-character mark in character marks. blue; fitted with a reticulated wood cover.
underglaze-blue, the domed covers with bud 7 1/2in (19cm) height of taller 8 3/8in (21.3cm) high excluding wood cover
finials decorated en suite.
8 1/2in (21cm) high $2,000 - 3,000 $1,500 - 2,000

$15,000 - 25,000 Provenance Provenance
Sotheby’s, New York, 6th December 1989, Estate of Theodora Lang, granddaughter of
Published lot 200 Hamm’s Brewing founder Theodore Hamm,
The San Francisco Examiner, July 12, 1964, St. Paul, Minnesota
(Pictorial Living supplement p.13) Jeremy Moore Antiques, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, acquired 2006
Provenance Collection of Brooks & Dorothy Cofield
By repute Templeton Crocker (1884-1948);
thereupon Mariam Mckay of Hillsborough,
California;
thereupon to J. Lester Jervis and to the
current owner by descent
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