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FIVE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE VESSELS
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
Comprising a bottle vase with shaped floral panels, an ewer decorated with prunus, a cylindrical vase with shaped panels, a cafe-au-lait-ground vase with feathers, all Kangxi period (1662-1722), and a 'monk's cap' ewer, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), with an apocryphal Xuande mark on the base.
Bottle vase 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) high
Ewer 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Cylindrical vase 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Pear-shaped vase 3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
'Monk's cap' ewer 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Provenance:
Bottle vase, ewer, cylindrical vase and pear-shaped vase:
The Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.

'Monks cap' ewer:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1918 (Rogers Fund).
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