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Property from a Hawaiian Collection by Descent
through the Family, Acquired in Hong Kong in the 1960s

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A blue and white porcelain meiping with birds on branch

Wang Bu (1896-1968), with two seals

Carefully potted with a rolled rim to the short neck and a body of For small vases of similar subject matter by the artist, see Simon

elongated pear form spreading outward above the foot, painted in Kwan, Chinese Porcelain of the Republic Period, 2008, no. 89, pp.

well-controlled shades of cobalt with two chicks resting on gnarled 236-7, with the same Wang Bu seal and the six-character studio mark

tree branches that extend from the neck to the foot, the seal Wang written in a straight line to the base ( 21.4cm high, as 1920-1935); and

Bu in seal script written to the lower right of the branches and the seal no. 90, pp. 237-8, the six-character studio seal written in similar seal

yuan wen wu guo zhi zhai written in seal script to the base beneath a script characters to the base (15.3cm high, as 1920-1935).

lustrous glaze covering all surfaces except the foot pad.

6 3/4in (17cm) high

$5,000 - 10,000

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