Lot Essay
(US$13,000-20,000)
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AN EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING
YONGLE
Painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling', around the body with six fruit sprays including peach, pomegranate, berries and grapes, within double-line borders, the base decorated with upright plantain leaves, and the sloping shoulders with lotus lappets (restored, glaze cracks)
11 7/8 in. (29.7 cm.) high, box
YONGLE
Painted in Ming style with simulated 'heaping and piling', around the body with six fruit sprays including peach, pomegranate, berries and grapes, within double-line borders, the base decorated with upright plantain leaves, and the sloping shoulders with lotus lappets (restored, glaze cracks)
11 7/8 in. (29.7 cm.) high, box