Sale 2872
New York
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18 - 19 September 2014
Price realised
USD 10,000
Estimate
A FAMILLE ROSE ROULEAU VASE YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735) The vase is finely decorated on one side with a well-dressed lady seated at a table surrounded by scholar's articles and on the reverse with a large tree and rocks. 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Alfred E. Guntermann (1943-2013) Collection.
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Compare a pair of Yongzheng period famille rose vases decorated with a lady and her maid in a scholarly setting illustrated in Gems of Beijing Cultural Relics Series: Pottery and Porcelain II, Beijing, 1999, p. 229, no. 249.
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Please note that this lot will be sold without reserve.
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