A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The lower body of the vase is delicately painted with a lively scene of eight foreign tribute bearers holding precious items, with a band of pendant jewellery hanging above them. The waist is decorated with further precious emblems, and the upper body of the vase depicts two immortals seated on a crane and a phoenix, flying amongst scrolling clouds.
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high

Provenance

A private German collection formed from the early 1980s onwards.

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Lot Essay

See a Wanli bowl illustrating the same theme of foreigners bearing tributes in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Blue and White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, p. 220, no. 200.

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