Lot 192
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED CIRCULAR INKSTONE
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED CIRCULAR INKSTONE

WITH CYCLICAL DATE XINHAI, CORRESPONDING TO 1731 AND OF THE PERIOD

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED CIRCULAR INKSTONE
WITH CYCLICAL DATE XINHAI, CORRESPONDING TO 1731 AND OF THE PERIOD
Potted with a groove surrounding the unglazed ink palette, delicately painted in soft blue tones with alternating sprays of prunus and chrysanthemum, the reverse with a recessed base inscribed with an inscription in seal script, surrounded by similar flower sprays
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diam.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

An identical example is illustrated by Geng Baochang in Ming qing ciqi jianding, Beijing, 1993, p. 247, fig. 423. Another example in the Percival David Foundation has slightly different treatment to the floral sprays, and is illustrated by Rosemary E. Scott in For the Imperial Court, London, 1997, p. 71, no. 16.

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