Sale 13753
New York
|
15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 11,875
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A GREEN, YELLOW, CREAM AND AUBERGINE-GLAZED BISCUIT BOWL KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The exterior is decorated with horses galloping above waves crashing on rocks and amidst flames, with further horses amidst prunus blossoms and auspicious emblems on the interior. The whole is reserved on a green-glazed scroll-patterned ground. 7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Mary Clark Thompson (1835-1923) Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1923.
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