Sale 2339
New York
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16 - 17 September 2010
Price realised
USD 37,500
Estimate
A WUCAI BALUSTER JAR AND COVER TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1650 Painted around the body with a scene of a maiden kneeling in tribute before male and female officials, their attendants to one side in front of a large screen and altar table, while a group of maidens play musical instruments on a terrace, all beneath a border of 'cracked-ice' pattern on the shoulder and rocks and flowers on the tapered neck, the cover painted with a scene of three boys playing in a rocky landscape 15 1/8 in. (38.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Chait Galleries, New York.
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