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Benjamin F. Edwards III, was one of the
largest collectors of Chinese Imari porcelain.
He transformed A. G. Edwards, the St
Louis brokerage house into the largest US
brokerage company outside New York, with
an equity capital of $1.6 billion by the end of
his presidency of the company in 2001.

A related Chinese Imari vase of similar
proportions, circa 1700, is illustrated by
J.Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Stockholm,
1998, p.58, no.52. See also a similar vase and
cover, circa 1725-1740, illustrated by J.Ayers,
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the
Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.I,
London, 2016, no.571.

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A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
Kangxi
The baluster body rising to a tall slender
neck and flaring rim, the neck set with a pair
of unglazed mythical-beast-mask handles
suspending loose rings, the exterior decorated
with scenes of elegant ladies in a garden
setting, the recessed base with an artemisia-
leaf mark.
25cm (9 7/8in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清康熙 青花庭園仕女圖活環耳瓶
657
See a related example illustrated by R.Krahl,
Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang
Collection, vol.2, London, 1994, no.743.
656
658 Y
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY-
SCROLL’ JAR
Kangxi
Of well-proportioned baluster form finely
painted around the body with larger and
smaller peony blossoms born on scrolling
foliage, the base unglazed, hongmu wood
cover and stand.
47cm (18 1/2in) high. (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at
No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清康熙 青花纏枝牡丹紋罐

See a related blue and white jar, Kangxi,
illustrated by G.G.Avitabile and E.Handke, Das
Chinesische Steckenpferd: Die Sammlung
Carl Cords, Frankfurt am Main, 1977, no.65;
see also a covered jar, Shunzhi, excavated
at Datun, Chaoyang District, and now in the
collection of the Capital Museum, Beijing,
illustrated by Zhang Bai, Complete Collection
of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China, vol.1,
Leiden, 2008, no.206.

658

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