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Lieutenant Perry Blythe Cott was one of the ‘Monuments Men’
in Italy during World War II, serving as Curator and Associate
Director of the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, before
and after the war, and eventually as the Chief Curator of the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

$ 1,500-2,000

㖶ġġġ漵㱱䩘曺慱⇣剙⋱䲳䙴

Ⴄ967 967
968
A TURQUOISE GLAZED CENSER AND WOOD
COVER
LATE MING / EARLY QING DYNASTY

of slightly compressed ovoid form with upswept handles,
supported by three stout legs in the form of grimacing beast
heads terminating in paw feet, the interior and base unglazed,
wood cover and stand (3)
Width 17⅛ in., 43.5 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Constance B. Mellon (1942-1983) New York and
Washington D.C.

$ 4,000-6,000

㖶㛓ġİġ㶭⇅ġġġ⫼晨䵈慱㛅ⅈ俛ᶱ嵛䆸

968

A RETICULATED FAHUA JAR
MING DYNASTY

of baluster form, the openwork outer layer of the body carved
with three large lobed cartouches each occupied by an
elephant, Buddhist lion, or qilin, respectively, coins and foliated
peony in the reserves, the shoulder and neck carved in relief
with clouds, upright lappets encircling the foot, the exterior
with midnight-blue, turquoise, and yellow enamels, the interior
and base glazed grass-green
Height 11 in., 28 cm

PROVENANCE
Collection of Dani and Anna Ghigo.
Christie’s London, 12th May 2016, lot 397.

$ 5,000-7,000

㖶ġġġ䏢厗掌䨢攳⃱䐆䌠䲳仸

969

A LARGE FAHUA RECTANGULAR CENSER 969
MING DYNASTY

the body boldly decorated to the front and back with a dragon
wreathing a large lotus blossom against a dense foliate
ground, the sides with a leafy ower, all supported on a pierced
pedestal with four mythical beast feet, wood cover and stand
(3)
Height 11⅜ in., 28.8 cm

$ 6,000-8,000 END OF SESSION ONE
㖶ġġġ䏢厗㴖晽䨧剙漵䲳㕡䆸

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