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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF HELENE ARPELS
AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, COPPER-RED AND SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GROUND YENYEN VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, COPPER-RED AND SLIP-DECORATED CELADON-GROUND YENYEN VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Painted in rich underglaze blue tones over a white slip with three magpies perched in a flowering prunus tree, with a fourth magpie in mid-flight above, the blossoms rendered in white slip with copper-red highlights, all reserved on a pale celadon ground
17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Painted in rich underglaze blue tones over a white slip with three magpies perched in a flowering prunus tree, with a fourth magpie in mid-flight above, the blossoms rendered in white slip with copper-red highlights, all reserved on a pale celadon ground
17¼ in. (43.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, New York, 17 October 2002, lot 67.