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ANOTHER PROPERTY
         2906
         A BLUE AND WHITE 'FLORAL SPRAY' LOBED JAR
         XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF
         THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
         The square jar is modelled with rounded shoulders tapering to a low foot. It is decorated
         on the exterior to each lobe with lychee, peach, pomegranates and longan, all between two
         bands of petals at the shoulder and above the foot.
         4 ƒ in. (11.4 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
         HK$3,000,000-5,000,000                           US$390,000-640,000

         PROVENANCE
         Fujita Family Collection, Osaka (according to the inscription on the wood box)
         Acquired in Japan, circa 2005
         The elegant shape of the present lobed jar is similar to the Xuande ge-type lobed
         jars excavated from Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China. See Imperial kiln porcelain
         unearthed in Jingdezhen, Beijing Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2009, p. 153, fig. 83.



























































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