A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
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A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASE

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A FINE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)

Painted in vibrant blue tones with a wide frieze of scrolling archaistic foliage between upright and pendent overlapping stiff leaves, the cylindrical, slightly flaring neck applied with a pair of lug handles joined by a key-fret band reserved on a ground of breaking waves
7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) high, box

Lot Essay

A similar vase in the National Palace Museum, is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty, Book II, pl. 7; and a few sold at auction, such as the one in our London Rooms, 10 June 1996, lot 97.

For the Ming prototype, see the Xuande-marked vase illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 92.

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