YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

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A Fine and Rare Blue and White Cylindrical Vase
Yongzheng six-character mark in underglaze blue and of the period
The high-shouldered body painted in the Ming style with an allover design of foliate meander composed of with large exotic blossoms borne on four leafy, penciled stems, below a narrow band of classic scroll encircling the neck, all within double line borders
10½in. (26.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare the covered Yongzheng vase of similar form painted with different decoration in the National Palace Museum, Taiwan, illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book I, Hong Kong, 1968, pl. 11.

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