A BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING

YUAN DYNASTY

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A BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
yuan dynasty
Boldly painted with a wide band of naturalistic gnarled pines and a blossoming prunus tree, bordered by narrow bands of classic scroll repeated at the everted mouth rim, the waisted neck with upright plantain leaves above lotus lappets repeated again around the base, mouth restored
9 5/8in. (24.5cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

Cf. the similar vase, but with a lotus scroll around the body, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol.7, pl.50; and the vase with a different garden scene illustrated by The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, Jingdezhen Wares, The Yuan Evolution, Catalogue, no.132

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