A small blue and white beaker vase, Qianlong seal mark and period. Photo Sotheby's
of archaic bronze gu-form, the central bulb decorated with lingzhi and interlocking scrollwork, the splayed base and the trumpet neck with a composite floral scroll, a band of classic scroll beneath the widely flaring rim, seal mark in underglaze blue. Height 8 7/16 in., 21.4 cm. Estimation 20,000 — 30,000. Lot vendu: 290,500 USD
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1995, lot 71.
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM AND JENNIFER SHAW
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