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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
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