Lot 60: A GARNITURE OF FIVE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE FLUTED AND 'LOTUS PETAL'-MOLDED VASES Kangxi

A GARNITURE OF FIVE LARGE BLUE AND WHITE FLUTED AND 'LOTUS PETAL'-MOLDED VASES

Kangxi

Comprising three slender baluster vases with covers and two
gu-shaped beaker vases, the slender baluster vases with shallow vertical fluting to the central sections, set between molded 'lotus petal' lappets at the feet and shoulders below the tall slightly waisted necks, all painted in strong cobalt tones with leafy stems with composite flowerheads that rise and coil to each section, below matching covers, the
gu-shaped beaker vases similarly molded and painted. (5)


baluster vases and covers: 22in (55.9cm) high overall
beaker vases: 19 3/4in (50.2cm) high

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Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Thomas Benedict Clarke

House Sale, American Art Association, New York, January 8-13, 1921, lot 759

Rogers Fund, 1921

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1921-present




來源：

Thomas Benedict Clarke 舊藏

House Sale，紐約 American Art Association，1921 年 1 月 8-13 日，拍品編號 759

Rogers 基金，1921 年

大都會藝術博物館，1921 年迄今



Such vessels were exceedingly popular amongst the aristocracy of Europe and Great Britain and would have been placed atop the stone or wood mantles that surrounded the fireplaces in the great halls or entrances of these grand houses.



See a garniture of five similar, though smaller, spirally fluted vases sold at Bonhams London, 8 November 2018, lot 145.

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