Sale 1794
New York
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24 January 2007
Price realised
USD 22,800
Estimate
A TRANSITIONAL BLUE AND WHITE VASE CIRCA 1640 Of slightly tapering cylindrical form, painted with a dignitary holding a flower before a pavillion as two figures kneel before him and his attendants carry a canopy and various gifts behind him, the moon above, the reverse with a cloudy mountainscape, the waisted neck with anthemion 16½ in. (41.9 cm.) high
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