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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO
SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE.
938
AN UNUSUAL REVERSE-DECORATED BLUE
AND WHITE PRICKET CANDLESTICK
The base of the candelstick is in the form of a beribboned
vase decorated with five-clawed dragons contesting a
flaming pearl, below the columnar support flanked by
square handles suspending loose rings, and a pair of
petal-lobed drip pans. The base is inscribed with a Wanli
six-character mark in a circle.
11¡ in. (28.8 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.

斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
青花趕珠龍紋燭臺
來源:
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏
於1910年以前。

PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO
SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
939
A BLUE AND WHITE BELL-SHAPED CUP
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The cup has a flared rim and is decorated on the exterior
with a pair of sinuous dragons amidst stylized clouds. The
interior is decorated with a central phoenix medallion.
There is an apocryphal Jiajing mark on the base.
3Ω in (8.9 cm.) diam.

$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield,
Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.

斯普菲博物館珍藏，拍賣收益將用於藏品購藏及維護
十七/十八世紀 青花龍紋盃
來源:
史喬沃先生（1832-1923），斯普林菲爾德，麻薩諸塞州，入藏
於1910年以前。

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