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PROPERTY FROM THE HOBART COLLECTION
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TWO DEHUA ‘CHILONG’ WINEPOTS
Kangxi
The first of cylindrical form with a recessed foot, molded with a tied A Dehua chilong winepot similar to the cylindrical form pot, from the
ribbon band around the middle, the spout and handle modeled in the collection of Edward T. Chow was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 19
form of sinuous chilong, the cover surmounted by a coiled chilong May 1981, lot 469, and sold again from the collection of Peter and
finial; the second of ovoid form, also with recessed foot and chilong- Nancy Thompson, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 November 2012, lot 14.
form spout, handle and finial. Similar ewers appear in the 1722 inventory of Augustus II the Strong,
The larger 6in (15.2cm) high (2). and others were recovered from the 17th century “Hatcher Wreck.”
$8,000 - 12,000
清康熙 德化白瓷螭龍紋蓋壺兩件
Provenance:
Virginia Hobart (1876-1958), and thence by descent
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