Sale 9730
New York
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25 - 26 September 2001
Price realised
USD 7,050
Estimate
A LOUIS XV STYLE ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE COPPER-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE YEN YEN VASE The porcelain Kangxi (1662-1722), the mounts late 19th/early 20th Century The flaring cylindrical neck and waisted body decorated with rocky outcrops with trees and horses, the lip and foot each set with a molded and scrolled acanthus-sheathed mount, each side set with a similar handle joined at the shoulder with a flowerhead, on a c-scroll rocaille base 21½in. (54.5cm.) high, 13½in. (34cm.) diameter
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARY PORTER WALSH (LOT 95)
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