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TWO BLUE AND WHITE BOWLS A BLUE AND WHITE ‘DRAGON AND
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD PHOENIX’ BOWL
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
each of conical form, the straight walls rising to
a ared rim, the rst painted with squirrels and with steep conical sides aring at the rim, freely painted
grapes, the second painted with the ‘three friends with a writhing dragon and phoenix pursuing ‘ aming
of winter,’ each inscribed with apocryphal six- pearls’ to the exterior and upper half of the interior
character Chenghua marks (2) wall, centered by a roundel depicting a peak rising
Diameter of larger 9 in., 22.9 cm above turbulent waves under a moon in mist, the base
inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Chenghua
PROVENANCE mark
Diameter 8¾ in., 22.2 cm
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-
1964), and thence by descent. PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-
1993), collection nos 160 and 253. Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964),
Chait Galleries, New York. and thence by descent.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-1993).
descent. Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by
$ 5,000-7,000 descent.

㶭⹟䅁ġġġ $ 3,000-5,000
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