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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOAN
1339 OESTREICH KEND
144 SOTHEBY’S
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL’ VASE
MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN
PERIOD
of baluster form, surmounted by a tall cylindrical
neck terminating in a garlic mouth, painted to the
exterior in soft tones of cobalt-blue with various
detached oral sprays, below a narrow oral band
at the shoulder, the neck similarly decorated,
wood cover (2)
Height 15½ in., 39.5 cm
$ 2,000-3,000
㖶ⲯ䤶ġġġ曺剙㉀㝅剙⋱䲳呄柕䒞
1338
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE
COLLECTION
SIXTEEN ‘JIAN’ BOWLS
SONG DYNASTY
some covered with a black glaze and others with
a brown glaze, some su used with streaks while
others plain, all with the glaze thinning at the rim
and falling short of the foot to reveal the dark
stoneware body (16)
Diameter of largest 4⅛ in., 10.5 cm
$ 2,000-3,000
⬳ġġġ⺢䩘䙴⋩ℕẞ
1339
PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A SILVER FILIGREE SHRINE
QING DYNASTY
intricately crafted with the main gate preceding
an antechamber and the principal shrine along
the central axis, anked on the left by a twin-
roofed shrine and on the right by a pavilion with
a canopy-form roof, each structure minutely
detailed with appropriate architectural elements,
painted banners and labels, furniture, ritual
garniture and statuettes, all set within a walled
garden of gilt-silver trees, plants, and further
shrines on the ground, the low base rimmed with
everted silver foliage
Height 8½ in., 21.6 cm; Length 11¼ in., 28.6 cm;
Depth 7¾ in., 19.7 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in China prior to 1949.
$ 6,000-8,000
㶭ġġġ戨䳗䴚䤆漽