• Collected in America: Chinese  auction at Christies

    Sale 13753

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

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    15 September 2016

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    • TWO BLUE AND WHITE METAL-MOUNT
    Lot 857

    TWO BLUE AND WHITE METAL-MOUNTED BOTTLE VASES

    KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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    USD 4,375

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

    This lot is offered without a reserve

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    TWO BLUE AND WHITE METAL-MOUNTED BOTTLE VASES
    KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
    The larger vase is decorated with two dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst flames and clouds, below various decorative borders. The smaller vase is decorated with stylized flowers, below flower sprigs on the neck. Both vases have silver mounts on the mouths and upper portions of the neck.
    10 ¼ and 9 7/8 in. (25.9 and 25.1 cm.) high, the mounts of the smaller vase with 'd.g' control mark, Dutch, 19th century

    Provenance

    Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York.
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.

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    Lot Essay

    A blue and white Kangxi-period kendi with stylistically similar metal mounts is in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and illustrated by Wang Jianhua in The Porcelain of Jingdezhen Civilian Kiln of Qing Dynasty in the Collection of the Palace Museum, vol. 1, Beijing, 2014, pp. 248-9, no. 96.

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