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PROPERTY FROM AN ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION ͏ ӓወಆЪ ४ᄎऎᏕᖿ७ዱᛐଧ
A FINELY ENAMELLED VASE BY WANG ҕථʆגಛ ϋ
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TONGYUN SHANFANG MARK, 1916"24
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the tapering cylindrical vase rising from a short foot to a ତϗᔛ ϋІ1FUFS 8BJO
waisted neck with everted rim, Þ nely enamelled around the
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exterior with the Daoist Immortal Liu Hai sporting with his
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holding a double-gourd issuing the wu fu, the base with iron- dݾႺ֍d ϋdྡو
red tongyun shanfang mark (Mountain retreat of the red 1FUFS 8BJOd5IF ,BZOFT ,MJU[ $PMMFDUJPOdʡᖯ౷য়d ϋdࠫ
clouds), the studio mark of Wang Xiaotang
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28cm, 11 in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Kaynes-Klitz.
Acquired by the present owner from Peter Wain in 1995.
LITERATURE
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H.A. Van Oort, Chinese Porcelain of the 19 and 20 Centuries,
Lochem, 1977, pl. 194.
Peter Wain, The Kaynes-Klitz Collection, Shropshire, 1995,
p.18, pl. 21.
£ 10,000-15,000
HK$ 111,000-166,000 US$ 14,100-21,200
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