A VERY FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE

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A VERY FINELY PAINTED BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
ENCIRCLED YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The slightly compressed waist finely penciled in vibrant tones of underglaze-blue with a continuous scene of figures within a rockwork garden beneath pine and bats in flight, two in discussion, one racing to meet them, a last seated in contemplation, with further rocks, trees and lingzhi at the waisted neck, and formal borders to the shoulder and wide splayed foot beween raised bands (small rim chip)
8 7/8 in. (22.8 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

The overtly painterly quality of the decoration which recalls a style more expected on a certain group of famille rose wares may be compared with a vase illustrated in An Anthology of Chinese Art, Min Chu Society Silver Jubilee Exhibition, p. 379, no. 173.

(US$20,000-25,000)

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