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JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
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A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED EWER
JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
Painted in Ming style with simulated heaping and piling with a shaped cartouche on each side, one enclosing a fruiting and flowering peach branch, the other a flowering branch, each flanked by ascending flowering stems, between a band of petal lappets below and lotus scroll and upright leaves on the neck, the curved strap handle decorated with lingzhi sprigs and applied on top with a pierced scrolled leaf, the curved spout decorated with leafy meander above a ruyi border and attached to the neck by a cloud-shaped strut
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
Painted in Ming style with simulated heaping and piling with a shaped cartouche on each side, one enclosing a fruiting and flowering peach branch, the other a flowering branch, each flanked by ascending flowering stems, between a band of petal lappets below and lotus scroll and upright leaves on the neck, the curved strap handle decorated with lingzhi sprigs and applied on top with a pierced scrolled leaf, the curved spout decorated with leafy meander above a ruyi border and attached to the neck by a cloud-shaped strut
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high