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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR
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AN EXCEPTIONAL EARLY-MING BLUE AND ᒞ᥊ហ 㤎⩈➂ᗌḱ˹♄਌૑
WHITE ‘PEONY SCROLL’ EWER
YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) ϝᬝ
ᚚទⶃ㞓⧻ワ㱦Ⅷ⻦卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚
The pear-shaped body is superbly potted with an elegant spout,
Ƕℒݰጮ␓厍ⶃ㞓⧻ワ㱦⻦㞒㇝ԋஇ⻱ワǷ卿㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑ卿
joined to the neck with a cloud-shaped strut opposite a ridged loop
ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
handle above three moulded bosses simulating studs holding the
handle in place, finely painted in attractive vibrant tones of cobalt Ռᰲ☆՞Ⅷ⻦
to each sides of the body with large blooms of peony flowers borne ൣ⿫
on scrolling vines growing leaves to the sides, the tapered neck
ᚚទ᧶Ӳ㑘ទᄕ卿Ƕែᰑȹ᠎ճ㪃┵ཿǷ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ
decorated with a frieze of smaller peony scrolls, below a band of
bladed leaves on the upper neck before the dish-shaped mouth. ᝲ卿எ㢙⤔⽚
11 æ in. (30 cm.) high, box ែ՗இ⛁ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕ⁞ߣཿ厍ԋ୼ȹ㪃┵Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ
ᝲ ᚚ⯍ ᝲ ᚚ卿எ㢙⤔⽚
HK$5,000,000-7,000,000 US$650,000-900,000
⮐㙽
PROVENANCE
Ƕⶃ㞓ɵʮɱɹʩʵᖬ㫀Ƿ卿ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ‸ ⽚
Manno Art Museum, no. 448
One Man’s Vision, Important Chinese Art from The Manno Art
Museum, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 526
EXHIBITED
Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Far Eastern Blue-and-White Porcelain,
Tokyo, August 1977, Catalogue no. 26
Tokyo National Museum, Special Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics,
12 October-23 November 1994, Tokyo, Catalogue, no. 253
LITERATURE
Selected Masterpieces of the Manno Collection, Tokyo, 1988, pl. 107

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