Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A FAMILLE VERTE LOBED EWER AND A COVER KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The body and spout are molded in imitation of bamboo and decorated with flowering branches and butterflies, beneath the tall handle decorated in imitation of green spotted bamboo. 6 ¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
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