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Property from an Oklahoma Private Collection

A blue and white 'scholar' cup, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花高士圖盃

Auction Closed

September 21, 06:54 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A blue and white 'scholar' cup

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period 

清康熙 青花高士圖盃


the base with an apocryphal Chenghua six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle 


《大明成化年製》仿款


Diameter 3½ in., 9 cm

Collection of Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007), acquired prior to the 1990s, and thence by descent.


Charles R. Nesbitt (1921-2007) 收藏,得於1990年代之前,此後家族傳承

Charles Rudolph Nesbitt was an Oklahoma attorney, politician and a permanent member of the board of Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City. He held several political positions in the Oklahoma state government, having served as the 9th Attorney General of Oklahoma (1963–1967), a member of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (1969–1975), and as Oklahoma Secretary of Energy under Governor David Walters (1991–1995).