拍品 450
450
A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
PROPERTY FROM A MIDWEST COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640

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A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CIRCA 1640
The flaring upper body painted with a scene of the 'Washing of the White Elephant', the slightly rounded middle register with boys at play and the lower register with scattered flowers, incised with a band of scroll below the mouth rim and a band of overlapping petals between the two lower registers
11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm.) high

拍品專文

The elephant is an auspicious symbol which is associated with Buddhism and is used in numerous rebuses to convey wishes of peace, prosperity and good fortune. The subject-matter of this piece is also a lively depiction of an every-day scene, and is very much in keeping with the spirit of decoration found on Transitional porcelains of the period.