Lot Essay
Previously sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 2 May 1995, lot72.
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A FINE AND RARE MING-STYLE SMALL BLUE AND WHITE VASE
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Painted in deep cobalt-blue tones simulating 'heaping and piling', with lush flowers borne on a continuous foliate scroll above blue-ground lappets, the shoulders with a band of pendent ruyi heads below a further narrow composite floral band, the tall waisted neck with stiff leaves, ruyi and wave borders on the rim
6 5/8 in. (16.7cm.) high, box
QIANLONG SIX-CHARACTER SEALMARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795)
Painted in deep cobalt-blue tones simulating 'heaping and piling', with lush flowers borne on a continuous foliate scroll above blue-ground lappets, the shoulders with a band of pendent ruyi heads below a further narrow composite floral band, the tall waisted neck with stiff leaves, ruyi and wave borders on the rim
6 5/8 in. (16.7cm.) high, box