Sale 12175
New York
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16 September 2016
Price realised
USD 75,000
Estimate
A SMALL COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE-DECORATED MEIPING KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The high-shouldered vase is decorated on the upper body with three fish. 7 ¼ in. (18.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Morgan Collection, no. 1144. Frank Caro, New York.
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Literature
The Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, vol. 2, J. Pierpont Morgan, New York, 1911, p. 50, no. 1144.
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