Sale 12175
New York
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16 September 2016
Price realised
USD 605,000
Estimate
A VERY RARE SMALL WHITE-GLAZED RELIEF-DECORATED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The vase is relief-decorated under a white glaze with a leafy, gourd-hung vine that extends around the sides below the neck. 7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Caro, New York, 1963.
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