Sale 13753
New York
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15 September 2016
Price realised
USD 2,750
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
TWO RETICULATED ENAMELED BRUSH POTS 18TH CENTURY Both brush pots are reticulated and decorated in green, blue, pink and brown enamels with pine, prunus and bamboo, 'The Three Friends of Winter', growing amidst rocks. 3 7/8 and 4 ½ in. (9.8 cm. and 11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Samuel Putnam Avery Sr. (1822-1904) Collection, New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accessioned in 1879.
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