A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE HEXAGONAL VASE, HU

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN FROM A EUROPEAN FAMILY COLLECTION

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE HEXAGONAL VASE, HU
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

Painted to each facet with a central lotus blossom surrounded by smaller blooms issuing from a continuous ruyi band above the spreading foot painted with detached floral motifs, the neck with similar foliate sprays and floral motifs divided by a band of cresting waves flanked by a pair of matching cylindrical handles (hairline crack to one handle, small glaze flake to rim of other handle infilled)--17 5/8in. (44.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

A similar vase is illustrated in Special Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung porcelain ware from the Ch'ing Dynasty in the National Palace Museum, Catalogue, no. 68; another is illustrated in Blue and White Ceramics of the World, vol. 3, pl. 68 An example sold in these Rooms, 1 October 1991, lot 959; and another sold in our New York Rooms, 30 May 1991, lot 324

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