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Blue and White Wares

Property from a San Francisco Estate

7240
A large blue and white brush pot, bitong
Transitional period
Of cylindrical form, incised on the exterior with two alternating-wave
bands that form a border to the depiction of attendants with fans and
folded umbrellas surrounding a high official speaking to another figure
in traveling clothes standing in front of his horse and waiting servant,
the celadon-tinged glaze stopping along the canted edge of the flat
and unglazed base.
8 1/2in (21.5cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

Property from Another Owner

7241
A blue and white ‘Eight Immortals’ vase
Kangxi period
Formed with a flared rim to the trumpet neck and body of inverted
pear form spreading outward above the set-in foot, painted with
a diamond diaper ground surrounding eight ogival reserves with
depictions of the Eight Immortals, the recessed base painted with a
double ring and all surfaces except the foot ring covered with glaze.
17 7/8in (45.5cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

For a vase of similar size and decoration, see Gugong Bowuyuan 7240
Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji 36: Qinghua Youlihong 3 (The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, vol. 36: Blue and White
Porcelain with Underglaze Red, book 3), no. 27, p. 33 (45.9cm high).
For a second example, also Kangxi period, see S. Marchant & Son,
Exhibition of Blue and White - Wan Li to K’ang Hsi, London, 1980, no.
65 (as 46cm high).

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