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A Chinese Ming blue and white jar, 17th/ 18th century, the…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
27-May-2012
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Description:
A Chinese Ming blue and white jar, 17th/ 18th century, the ample oval body well painted with a continuous pattern of lotus flower heads issuing from scrolling leafy foliage, the narrow rolled neck similarly painted. 28 cm diam 36 cm high. Provenance: private Collection New South Wales. The Collection of Lockwood de Forest and thence by direct descent. Refer Roberta a Mayer, Lockwood de Forest. 2008,p.21 Ill, the vase appears in the photograph c.1900 of the dining room in Lockwood de Forest house, 7 East Tenth Street, New York. Taken from Lockwood de Forest Papers 1858-1978, Archive of American Art, Smithsonian Institutions, Washington, D.C
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese