Sale 12175
New York
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16 September 2016
Price realised
USD 16,250
Estimate
A BLUE AND WHITE ARCHAISTIC BEAKER VASE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The neck and lower body are decorated with stiff leaves and the convex center section with taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, between narrow decorative bands. An apocryphal Jiajing mark is on the base. 17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high
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