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TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1645-1655
Details
A RARE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE WEIQI COUNTER BOXES AND COVERS
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1645-1655
Each with compressed globular body, and finely painted with a different scene of pavilions nestled amidst rocky landscapes, one with a figure seen in a lakeside pavilion raised on pilings, and a fisherman in a sampan, the other with a farmer carrying bundles of faggots on one side near two tall pine trees, one hung with vines, and a grouping of tall trees on the reverse, the covers painted en suite
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) across (2)
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1645-1655
Each with compressed globular body, and finely painted with a different scene of pavilions nestled amidst rocky landscapes, one with a figure seen in a lakeside pavilion raised on pilings, and a fisherman in a sampan, the other with a farmer carrying bundles of faggots on one side near two tall pine trees, one hung with vines, and a grouping of tall trees on the reverse, the covers painted en suite
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) across (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 14 November 1989, lot 71.
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