• A Taste for Luxury: Two Great  auction at Christies

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    A Taste for Luxury: Two Great Houses from America's Gilded Age

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    21 June 2012

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    • A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCE
    Lot 1079

    A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS

    KANGXI PERIOD

    Price realised

    USD 32,500

    Estimate

    USD 7,000 - USD 9,000

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    A PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
    KANGXI PERIOD
    Painted in inky tones of cobalt-blue with two deer standing beside rocky cliffs growing with pine trees, three cranes flying among swirling clouds in a moonlit sky above, a border of ribbon-tied emblems on the necks, the covers en suite
    16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high (4)

    Provenance

    Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23-24 January 2002, lot 27.

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