Lot 46
Lot 46
FOUR CREAMY-WHITE-GLAZED SOFT-PASTE VESSELS

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY

Price Realised USD 16,250
Estimate
USD 2,400 - USD 3,500
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FOUR CREAMY-WHITE-GLAZED SOFT-PASTE VESSELS

LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY

Price Realised USD 16,250
Price Realised USD 16,250
  • Details
Details
The first, a moon flask, is molded on either side with a writhing dragon amidst clouds, and applied on the neck with a pair of stylized scroll handles; the second, a bombé-form deep bowl, is carved on the sides with clouds; the third, a baluster vase, is incised on the sides with three dragon roundels between double line borders; the fourth, a compressed globular jar, is carved with bands of lotus lappets encircling the mouth and above the foot.
11 in. (27.8 cm.) high; 312 in. (8.7 cm.) high; 512 in. (13.8 cm.) high; 534 in. (14.5 cm.) diam.


Provenance
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.


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