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PROPERTY
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CAROLINA
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LOTS 1391 1402

1389 1390 1391

1389 1390 1391

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX’
DR. PETER M. GREINER DR. PETER M. GREINER STEM CUP
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
A ‘KINRANDE’ IRON-RED EWER A CELADON-GLAZED JARDINIERE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY MING DYNASTY the compressed globular body painted with
two phoenix ying towards one another amidst
the attened pear-form body raised on a splayed rising from a circular foot, the steep sides with clouds, raised on a splayed foot painted with
foot, rising to a long waisted neck and galleried six vertical ribs stopping just below the everted bands of circles, keyfret, and cloud-scroll above
mouth, with an arched handle on one side and mouth rim of hexagonal section, covered overall three precious objects.
a serpentine spout on the other connected to in an olive-green glaze save the foot ring and Height 6 in., 15.2 cm
the neck with a gure-eight strut, the exterior the interior base, pierced with ve small circular
covered in a rich iron-red glaze with gilded and openings PROVENANCE
incised decoration, the body with peacocks Width 10⅝ in., 27 cm Sotheby’s London, 17th March 1981, lot 64.
and peonies within a raised spade-form panel
surrounded by a lotus meander, the neck with a $ 3,000-5,000 $ 2,500-3,500
wide leiwen band below sti upright leaves and
the foot encircled with ruyi and butter ies, the 㖶ġġġ曺慱ℕ㕡剙䙮 㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙暚沛䲳檀嵛䙴
base with underglazed blue fu gui jia qi mark in a
square
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm

EXHIBITED

A Walk into China’s Past, Art Center of Battle
Creek, Michigan, 1976, cat. no. 62.

$ 4,000-6,000

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