$6,300
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Auction: October 14, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
Each decorated with two meiren attending a pair of seated lovers in an interior with a phoenix candlestand and furnishings, the undersides with an apocryphal four-character Xuande seal mark, undrilled.
H: 18 1/2 in. (vase); H: 23 in. (overall)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.