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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION                 PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION                  PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK COLLECTION

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘CRANE AND                         A BLUE AND WHITE ‘LOTUS’ VASE                        A FAMILLE-VERTE BALUSTER
PHOENIX’ ROULEAU VASE                               QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD                          VASE
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD                                                                              QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
                                                    the compressed globular body supported by a
painted in tones of deep blue with three registers  splayed foot and rising to a long, cylindrical neck  the globular body rising from a ared foot to
of medallions framed by brackets of stylized        with a ared mouth, boldly painted in bright inky     a waisted neck with a single horizontal rib and
scrolled clouds, each roundel composed of           blue tones with lotus blossoms on curling vines      terminating in a wide trumpet mouth, painted
alternating cranes or phoenix in ight amidst        with furled leaves, the neck with a band of prunus   in iron-red and bright enamels with reserves of
smaller clouds, the cylindrical neck with a         on cracked ice, a band of petals encircling the      peony, chrysanthemum, aster, dahlia, iris, rose,
horizontal rib bordered by scrollwork above and a   foot                                                 and prunus, as well as reserves of the ‘Hundred
leiwen and ruyi-cloud band below                    Height 17 in., 43.2 cm                               Antiques’ against oral and stippled backgrounds,
Height 18 in., 45.7 cm                                                                                   the interior and base glazed white, the latter with
                                                    PROVENANCE                                           an underglaze blue double ring
PROVENANCE                                                                                               Height 17⅞ in., 45.4 cm
                                                    Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.                                                                      PROVENANCE
                                                    $ 6,000-8,000
$ 15,000-20,000                                                                                          Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York.

                                                                                                         $ 12,000-15,000

                                                    Ralph M Chait Galleries

Ralph M Chait Galleries

                                                                                                         Ralph M Chait Galleries

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