Lot 294
294
A LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HU
A LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HU

QIANLONG SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD

Details
A LARGE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE HU
Qianlong Seal Mark in Underglaze Blue and of the Period
The full, pear-shaped body raised on a foot encircled by classic scroll and well painted with a wide band of lotus scroll set between a band of petal lappets below and bands of conjoined ruyi heads, shou medallions reserved on a wan fret ground and key pattern on the neck, the pair of faceted scroll handles with raised blue edges
17.5/8in. (44.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

A Qianlong-marked vase of the same pattern and exaggerated archaistic form is illustrated in Selected Ceramics from the the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Hu, Shanghai, 1989, pl. 62; and another is illustrated by Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 267, fig. 455. A third example was included in the Exhibition of Ch'ing Porcelain from the Wah Kwong Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1973, Catalogue, no. 68.