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A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER                          A BLUE AND WHITE MOLDED DISH                       A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL’
VASE                                               QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD                        MEIPING
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD                                                                           QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
                                                   the cavetto molded with lobed and arched
the tapered ovoid body rising from a splayed       reserves below a scalloped rim, a central roundel  with high rounded shoulders rising to a short
foot to an everted rim, painted in shades of blue  painted to the interior with a scene of Cui        waisted neck, the body painted with dense
with a scene from the Romance of the Western       Yingying and her attendant Hong Niang from the     scrolling lotus between lappet bands
Chamber, the base inscribed with an apocryphal     Romance of the Western Chamber, the base with      Height 6¾ in., 17.2 cm
six-character Chenghua mark                        an apocryphal six-character Chenghua mark
Height 7½ in., 19 cm                               Diameter 8⅛ in., 20.6 cm                           PROVENANCE

PROVENANCE                                         PROVENANCE                                         Chait Galleries, New York.
                                                                                                      Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by
Chait Galleries, New York.                         Chait Galleries, New York.                         descent.
Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by    Collection of Benno Schmidt, Sr., and thence by
descent.                                           descent.                                           $ 3,000-5,000

$ 3,000-5,000                                      $ 3,000-5,000                                      㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙丷㝅咖䲳⮷㠭䒞

㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙大⹪姀Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ⚾奨枛⮲                                㶭⹟䅁ġġġ曺剙大⹪姀Ṣ䈑㓭ḳ⚾厙⎋䚌
˪⣏㖶ㆸ⊾⸜墥˫ầ㫦                                         ˪⣏㖶ㆸ⊾⸜墥˫ầ㫦

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