A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
The well-potted body painted in inky tones of blue with a continuous frieze of bamboo, plantain trees and ornamental rockwork in a fenced garden, set between decorative borders above and below, and with detached demi-lotus on the spreading foot
11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 1976, lot 174.

Lot Essay

A similarly decorated Qianlong-marked example is illustrated in Porcelain of The National Palace Museum: Blue-and-White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, Taipei, 1968, pl. 12. See, also, two other Qianlong-marked examples of this type, sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 27 November 2007, lot 1690, and 29 May 2007, lot 1468.

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