• Collected in America: Chinese  auction at Christies

    Sale 13753

    Collected in America: Chinese Ceramics from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    New York

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    15 September 2016

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    • A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU
    Lot 860

    A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE

    KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

    Price realised

    USD 25,000

    Estimate

    USD 7,000 - USD 9,000

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    A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE
    KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
    The sides are finely decorated with a continuous scene of mythical beasts perched on rocks below a hawk in flight and surrounded by a tumultuous ocean, all below two baskets of flowers on the neck.
    7 7/8 in. (19.7 cm.) high

    Provenance

    George D. Pratt (1869-1935) Collection.
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1927.

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    Lot Essay

    A very similar scene of beasts perched on rocks surrounded by a tumultuous ocean can be seen on a larger (46 cm.) blue and white rouleau vase dating to the Kangxi period sold at Christie’s New York, 20-21 March 2014, lot 2139.

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