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899 A DEHUA ‘CHILONG’ VASE
KANGXI PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY
The high-shouldered vase has a waisted body and a tall neck applied
with a chilong grasping a leafy stem in its mouth below the galleried
rim. It is covered overall with a glaze of milky-white color.
8√ in. (22.5 cm.) high, cloth box
$8,000-12,000
PROVENANCE:
R. M. Chait Gallery, New York, no. 3636.
Estate of D. D. Kneeland.
Private European collection.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4332.
A similar vase is illustrated by P. J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine,
New York, 1967, pl. 49C, where the author notes other examples
in various museums such as the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the
Percival David Foundation, London, the Musée Guimet, Paris
and the Art Institute of Chicago. Another example in the Baur
Collection, Geneva, is illustrated by J. Ayers in the Baur Collection
Catalogue, Vol. II, Geneva, 1968, no. A262.

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898 AN INCISED WHITE-GLAZED SOFT- 十Ӯ世紀 ǭ漿胎白釉劃雙魚紋盤
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enclosed by a floral scroll band and a thin scroll beneath the
turned-out rim. It is covered overall with a crackle-suffused glaze
of ivory tone.
10√ in. (27.6 cm.) diam., cloth box
$5,000-7,000
LITERATURE:
Samuel T. Peters (1854-1912) Collection.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4335.

The motif of twin fish on the present dish looks back to
Song-dynasty versions that were produced with celadon glazes.
An emblem of harmony, it is symbolic of “connubial felicity.”
A smaller soft-paste white porcelain dish incised with twin
fish in waves is illustrated by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection,
Geneva: Chinese Ceramics, vol. 3, Monochrome: Glazed Porcelain
of the Ch’ing Dynasty, Geneva, 1972, no. A429, described as
“imitating Sung Ting ware”.

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