TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)

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A FINE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE BOTTLE VASE
TONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1862-1874)
The globular body painted in the 15th century style with a broad band of composite meandering foliate scroll above a petal lappet band and classic scroll on the foot ring, with further foliate scroll above a ruyi band on the shoulder and upright leaves rising from a band of keyfret on the neck below a wave band at the flared mouth
15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The present vase belongs to a group of similarly shaped Ming style vases which were popular during the Qianlong period, and continued throughout the succeding reigns until the Xuantong period. Tongzhi-marked vases of this type are very rare ,however, and few examples have been published. A pair of Tongzhi vases of this pattern is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the Collection of Mr and Mrs J. M. Hu, Shanghai Museum, 1989, pl. 97.

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