Lot Essay
Previously sold in Hong Kong, 20 November 1984, lot 429.
It is rare to find vases of this shape copying the rich fifteenth century combination of underglaze-blue and yellow enamel. A Yongzheng-marked version with a compressed globular body rising to a straight neck was sold in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 643. Cf. also a meiping vase sold in our Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 28 April 1996, lot 56.
Although the present example is unmarked, the quality of the enamelling and underglaze blue painting corresponds to the best examples of the Imperial wares of the period.
(US$60,000-77,000)
It is rare to find vases of this shape copying the rich fifteenth century combination of underglaze-blue and yellow enamel. A Yongzheng-marked version with a compressed globular body rising to a straight neck was sold in these Rooms, 20 March 1990, lot 643. Cf. also a meiping vase sold in our Rooms, The Imperial Sale, 28 April 1996, lot 56.
Although the present example is unmarked, the quality of the enamelling and underglaze blue painting corresponds to the best examples of the Imperial wares of the period.
(US$60,000-77,000)