Sale 1308
New York
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2 - 3 December 2003
Price realised
USD 3,824
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A PAIR OF SMALL BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASES, Kangxi period (1662-1722), each painted with lotus scroll below a band of upright leaves around the cylindrical neck, apocryphal Xuande marks 5½in. (14cm.) high (2)
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PROPERTY FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND*
Ahead of an online sale that honours their close bond, Meredith Etherington-Smith traces the roots of a 40-year collaboration
The artist tells us about his meticulous recreation of a child’s toy in a work that became an instant icon when it debuted at the Whitney Museum in New York in 2014