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823

                                                                                                                                                     PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

                                                                                                      A WUCAI GU FORM VASE AND
                                                                                                      TWO BLUE AND WHITE VASES
                                                                                                      QING DYNASTY, 17TH / 18TH
                                                                                                      CENTURY

                                                                                                                                           the beaker vase painted in red, green, yellow
                                                                                                                                           and underglaze blue with varying oral sprays
                                                                                                                                           and a peony meander around the bulbous mid-
                                                                                                                                           section; the blue and white rouleau vase with
                                                                                                                                           horizontal bands of decoration enhanced with
                                                                                                                                           later-clobbered polychrome enameling; the blue
                                                                                                                                           and white baluster vase with owering plants
                                                                                                                                           enclosed within molded petal-form reserves, the
                                                                                                                                           waisted neck anked by gilt loop handles issuing
                                                                                                                                           loose rings (3)
                                                                                                                                           Height of tallest 16 in., 40.6 cm

                                                                                                                                                     PROVENANCE
                                                                                                                                           Collection of Gino Soldi (1880-1958), Florence,
                                                                                                                                           Italy, and thence by descent.

823 $ 3,000-5,000
                                                                                                                  㶭⋩ᶫġİġ⋩ℓᶾ䲨ġġġḼ⼑剙如⍲曺剙䒞ℑẞ

824                                                 824

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR.
PETER M. GREINER

AN IRON RED AND GILT BALUSTER
VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

sturdily potted, enameled in pencil style, the
rounded shoulder with chrysanthemum blooms
borne on a leafy meander enclosed within
alternating large and small lappets below a diaper
band and foliate scroll encircling the waisted
neck, the base with a band of upright lappets,
with an underglaze blue double ring
Height 13¼ in., 33.7 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of the Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloom eld, Michigan.
Acquired between 1970-1979.

$ 2,000-3,000
㶭⹟䅁ġġġ䣔䲭⼑㍷慹卲䲳仸

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