Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 60,000
Estimate
A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE ROSE FACETED BEAKER VASES QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Both vases are decorated with upright petals around the neck and inverted petals on the lower body enclosing alternating scenes of landscapes and blossoming peonies, separated by a bulbous mid-section similarly decorated with leaf, peach, and pomegranate-shaped panels, all reserved on a dense spiral ground set with prunus. 19 ¼ in. (49.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Edgar Worch (1880-1972) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1953.
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