Lot Essay
Not illustrated
(US$3,500-4,000)
(US$3,500-4,000)
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A LATE MING FAHUA DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
16TH CENTURY
Decorated around each bulb in aubergine, cobalt and ivory with an arched lotus meander above lotus lappets around the foot, and a ruyi collar below the waist enclosing stylized lotus sprays, the neck with a shorter flower-head border, all on a crackled turquoise ground (minor glaze losses)
9 in. (23 cm.) high, box
16TH CENTURY
Decorated around each bulb in aubergine, cobalt and ivory with an arched lotus meander above lotus lappets around the foot, and a ruyi collar below the waist enclosing stylized lotus sprays, the neck with a shorter flower-head border, all on a crackled turquoise ground (minor glaze losses)
9 in. (23 cm.) high, box