Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1979, lot 21.
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Details
A MASSIVE BLUE AND WHITE YENYEN VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1672-1722)
Well painted to the baluster body in bright cobalt-blue tones to depict an official meeting in an idyllic landscape, with a central dignitary seated at his desk within a tent surrounded by court officials, magistrates and warriors, the trumpet neck with a second formal audience scene, all framed with saw-tooth borders
31 in. (79 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1672-1722)
Well painted to the baluster body in bright cobalt-blue tones to depict an official meeting in an idyllic landscape, with a central dignitary seated at his desk within a tent surrounded by court officials, magistrates and warriors, the trumpet neck with a second formal audience scene, all framed with saw-tooth borders
31 in. (79 cm.) high
Provenance
James A. Garland Collection
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection
S. Boggis Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1958, lot 386
The Norton Simon Foundation sale of Inventory from Duveen Brothers, sold at Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1971, lot 35
Eugene O. Perkins collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 2 June 1989, lot 48.
J. Pierpont Morgan Collection
S. Boggis Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York, 27 October 1958, lot 386
The Norton Simon Foundation sale of Inventory from Duveen Brothers, sold at Sotheby's New York, 7 May 1971, lot 35
Eugene O. Perkins collection, sold in our New York Rooms, 2 June 1989, lot 48.
Exhibited
The Los Angeles County Museum, 1965-1971