Sale 9082
New York, Park Avenue
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22 March 1999
Price realised
USD 6,325
Estimate
A BLUE AND WHITE CONG-FORM VASE Circa 1800 Molded in imitation of a jade cong and decorated on each side with four shaped reserves of various flowers vertically arranged against the diaper ground, with one of the bajixiang on each corner of the flat shoulder below the tapering conical neck encircled below the rim by decorative bands 17in. (43.8cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Rafi Mottahedeh
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