Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 13,750
Estimate
A BLUE AND WHITE JAR AND COVER KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The exterior is decorated with three Buddhist lions playing with brocade balls all below the neck decorated with beribboned emblems. The affixed cover is decorated with cranes amidst clouds and further emblems. 16 ¼ in. (41.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Dorothea Wolff Collection. Mrs. Lewis S. Wolff Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1922.
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