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PROPERTY FROM A PROMINENT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN PERIOD
the lower bulb painted with a narrative scene with a dignitary,
anked by his attendants, conversing with a lady in a lakeside
landscape, the upper section with two reclining scholars in a
garden setting, divided by borders of chrysanthemum scroll
and oret sprays, all below a all below a wide band of stylized
tulip sprays around the waisted neck
Height 12ΒΌ in., 31 cm
PROVENANCE
Marchant, London.
$ 20,000-30,000
Marchant
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