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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BENNO SCHMIDT, JR. 1021

1021 THREE BLUE AND WHITE AND
CAFE-AU-LAIT VASES
1022 QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
18 SOTHEBY’S
the largest vase of triple-gourd-form and the two
smaller vases of double-gourd-form, each painted
in vibrant blue tones above waisted centers, the
globular lower bodies with a band of ivory crackle
glaze above cafe-au-lait neatly trimmed above
circular foot rings (3)
Height of tallest 11¼ in., 28.6 cm

PROVENANCE

The double gourd vases:
S. Marchant & Son, London.
Each vase:
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by
descent.

$ 6,000-8,000

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1022

A BLUE AND WHITE ‘HYDRANGEA’
BOWL
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

well potted with steep sides, nely painted with
blossoms on the exterior linked by scrolling leafy
stems above a ruyi border, the interior mouth
rim with the blooms in alternating views and the
central roundel enclosing a single owerhead, the
base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character
Chenghua mark
Diameter 6¼ in., 15.9 cm

PROVENANCE

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover (1874-
1964), collection no. 62, and thence by descent.
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover (1907-
1993), collection no. 131.
Chait Galleries, New York.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by
descent.

$ 3,000-5,000

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