Sale 1354
New York
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24 March 2004
Price realised
USD 15,535
Estimate
A RU-TYPE FACETED HU-FORM VASE QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) Covered overall with a thick slightly crackled glaze of bluish-grey tone thinning on the edges of the lug handles to show the dark ware beneath, the unglazed foot rim covered with a dark brown dressing 9½in. (24.2 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 29 November 1988, lot 209.
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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM A LONG ISLAND COLLECTION
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art