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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 3
Pair of Blue and White Bottles, pear shaped, with slender necks, the fine
white-textured porcelain sustaining a landscape decoration painted in
brilliant shades of cobalt-blue under faultless glazing.
Picturesque rocks, trees, shrubs, and water scene showing boatmen, with distant
views of houses, complete a composition suggesting the work of old masters of the Ming
or Sung period, that doubtless inspired the decorator of these objects during the period
of their provenance.
The neck, which is in white, is encircled at the top by several rings, including a
fretted band.
Era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 7 inches.
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Dicimeter, 4 inches.
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