XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)

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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)
The vase is decorated in varying shades of cobalt blue in imitation of the 'heaping and piling' effect. The body is with a continuous scene of bamboo and plaintain amongst rocks in a fenced garden, below a band of stiff leaves, scrolling foliage, and spearheads to the shoulder. The foot is decorated with spaced lotus blooms below a petal band.
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high

Provenance

Predominantly acquired in Amsterdam in the 1980s and 1990s

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Lot Essay

A similar vase is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - III - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 167, no. 153. Two vases with almost identical decoration but slightly larger in size were sold at Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 469 and Christie's London, 12 July 2005, lot 171.

Blue and white vases of this form and design based upon early Ming originals were made during the reigns of Kangxi through to Guangxu.

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