A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

16TH CENTURY

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A LARGE MING BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
16th century
Painted in soft blue tones with four scale-pattern bands reserved with medallions, prunus and ruyi-heads, the lower section with four quatrefoil medallions each enclosing two of the Eight Immortals in a landscape, below a narrow waist with playful lions within similar cartouches, the upper section with four further Immortals in flight above waves, the neck with four roundels enclosing the characters kang, shou, fu and ning, the base drilled
22 in. (56 cm.) high
拍場告示
There is a hairline crack (approx. 20 cm. length) to the body of this vase.