$6,300
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000
Auction: October 18, 2022 11:00 AM EDT
The first depicting a scholar on clouds with companions visiting Chang-e in the full moon, accompanied by her attendants; the other decorated with meiren and young boys in a garden, the covers decorated with three playing boys in a garden.
H: 13 1/8 in.; 13 1/2 in. (jars only)PROVENANCE:
Property formerly in the collection of Harry J. Haon II (1901-1989), thence by descent
Haon was employed by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and was promoted in 1954 to the Foreign Relations Department as Manager of the European Office, London, England, until his retirement in 1962. Mr. Haon continued to live part-time in London into the late 1970s. It is believed that many of the Asian arts in his collection were acquired during this time in London.