Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
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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