A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING

THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN COLLECTOR

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A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE MEIPING
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

The baluster vase finely painted in shades of inky-blue cobalt with a gnarled prunus tree, its flower-laden branches extending around the mid-section of the vase, growing beside bamboo, peony and rocks, with two butterflies hovering above, the shoulder set with four upright lug handles and the foot pierced with two slotted apertures in imitation of archaic bronze
7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm.) high, box, stand

Provenance

Edward T. Chow Collection, sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 3 May 1994, lot 163

Lot Essay

A similar vase from the Jarras Collection was sold in these Rooms, 8 October 1990, lot 340; a pair was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 November 1979, lot 164; and another was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 1987, lot 261.

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