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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEONY’ BOWL PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JEANNETTE CURUBY
DAOGUANG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
A BLUE AND WHITE BOMBE-FORM CENSER
the steep rounded sides rising to a slightly ared mouth rim, MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN PERIOD
the exterior painted with eight large peony blossoms in a
band of dense foliated vines below a chevron band around the of compressed ovoid form, the rounded sides rising to a
rim, the foot encircled with ruyi lappets, the base with a six- short waisted neck terminating in an everted rim, the exterior
character seal mark painted with a continuous riverscape with dwellings and
Diameter 6⅜ in., 16.2 cm two scholars, each with an attendant, beneath a band of
beribboned Buddhist emblems interspersed with stylized
$ 3,000-5,000 clouds encircling the waist
Diameter 9 in., 23 cm
㶭忻ġġġ曺剙丷㝅䈉ᷡ䲳䙴
˪⣏㶭忻⸜墥˫㫦 PROVENANCE
Acquired in Boston, 1940s-1960s, and thence by descent.
$ 5,000-7,000
㖶ⲯ䤶ġġġ曺剙Ⱉ㯜Ṣ䈑⚾䆸
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