Four Ceramic Items

Description:

Four Ceramic Items, China, a miniature oviform jar with a short straight neck and a domed splay foot, decorated with figures and landscapes in shaped panels; a pair of miniature gu-form vases with hawthorn flowers and scholarly items, four-character Kangxi mark; and a figure of an old man in blue robe, the separate mask in dark brown bisque, ht. to 7 7/8 in.

Provenance: Mary Andrews Wolff Collection.
Estimate $300-500

jar with extensive repairs to neck and mouth, traces of retouches and repairs to cover, enamel and gilt losses; one of the hawthorn jar with breakages to mouth rim, the other with repaired cracks and hairlines; the figure with chips around the neck of the robe.


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