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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH CAROLINA ESTATE 1393
TWO BLUE AND WHITE VASES
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
the rst a double-gourd vase covered in a dense foliate
scroll save for white bands above and below each bulb of
the gourd, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark,
the second an archaistic garlic-neck vase with lappets
bearing stylized taotie masks and shou characters, the
base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark (2)
Height of tallest 12 in., 30.5 cm
PROVENANCE
The garlic-neck vase: Accent East Gallery, New York,
1983.
The double-gourd vase: D. C. Monk & Son, London, 1983.
EXHIBITED
The garlic-neck vase: Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art:
Selections from the Vanderbilt Museum and Other Private
Collections, Vanderbilt Museum, Centerport, New York,
1983, cat. no. 26.
LITERATURE
The garlic-neck vase: The Orientalia Journal,
vol. 4, no. 6, 1982, p 5.
$ 2,500-3,500
㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ
曺剙ầ⎌棽棖䲳呄柕䒞⍲曺剙丷㝅剙⋱䲳吓單䒞
1393
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE OGEE-FORM
BOWL
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD
the exterior painted blue with a band of S-scrolls with
ruyi-head terminals, above a feathery hibiscus scroll, the
center of the interior bearing a hibiscus spray enclosed in
a double circle, the base with a six-character mark within
a double circle
Diameter 7 in., 17.8 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby Parke Bernet, 18th June 1983, lot 427.
EXHIBITED
Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art: Selections from the
Vanderbilt Museum and Other Private Collections, Vanderbilt
Museum, Centerport, New York, 1983, cat. no. 36.
A closely related bowl in the collection of Frank Caro is
illustrated in Cornelius Osgood, Blue-and-white Porcelain:
A Study of Form, New York, 1956, pl. 35B. Another, in the
collection of the Tianjin Museum, is included in Qing lan ya
jing: guan cang Ming Qing qinghua ciqi chenlie [Elegance
and tranquility in blue: Ming and Qing blue-and-white
ceramics in the collection of the Tianjin Museum], Beijing,
2013, p. 66.
$ 5,000-7,000
㶭晵㬋ġġġ曺剙丷㝅剙⋱䲳㉀儘䙴
˪⣏㶭晵㬋⸜墥˫㫦
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