Details
The first, a slender tapering ovoid vase is decorated with a continuous mountainous riverscape, the base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark; the second, a small ovoid vase is decorated with a pine tree; the third, a cylindrical jar, is decorated with the leafy, fruiting branches of peaches, pomegranates and lychee.
914 in. (23.5 cm.) high; 434 in. (12 cm.) high; 712 in. (19.1 cm.) high


Provenance
First:
Mrs. Benjamin V. Becker Collection.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1960.

Second:
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858-1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1925.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1925.

Third:
Samuel M. (1830-1914) and Matilda (1837-1912) Nickerson Collection, Chicago, before 1900.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned in 1900.
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