Lot Essay
Compare the pair sold Christie's, London, 2 November 1981, lot 103.
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THE VASES CIRCA 1755
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A PAIR OF BOW PORCELAIN KAKIEMON HEXAGONAL VASES AND TWO COVERS
THE VASES CIRCA 1755
Each painted with long-tailed fantasy phoenixes perched among flowering plants
11 ½ in. (29.1 cm.) high
THE VASES CIRCA 1755
Each painted with long-tailed fantasy phoenixes perched among flowering plants
11 ½ in. (29.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Stoner & Evans, New York, October 1950.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 129, no. 137.
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