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A SUPERB LARGE BLUE AND WHITE ԭ 㤎⩈➂ᗌḱ˹ತ㢞♄ᙴ⁅
MEIPING
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YUAN DYNASTY (1279-1368)
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The vase is well potted with rounded shoulders and a tapering ⡥⡙צ೥ᇑ卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卿ᐽ৅ ⽚
baluster body on a slightly flaring foot. It is finely painted in inky- ஙឃྒྷⴃ
blue tone depicting a peony scroll borne on an undulating leafy
stem bearing four large blooms alternately shown in profile and
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pendent, between narrow bands of classic scrolls. The shoulders are
⻤↚ᒵ卿⡥⡙卿Ƕ$IJOFTF 8PSLT PG "SUǷ卿 ჺ卿எ㢙எ
painted with a peacock and a peahen with outspread wings amid a
continuous peony meander bearing smaller blooms below a further ‸ ⽚
narrow classic scroll. The base is encircled by a band of large ஄㑷⽔ݦ㧙ເ卿⡑Ⲗஇ⁇ᰥഌໝῂ㞐ݏ㦷໸इ᧙㚃⌆卿⁇ᰥ⩠ऒⒺ♾༰
upright lappets, each enclosing a pendent trefoil, dot and ring. The 㴾ༀ᳭㉹౗२⤔⽚✄ D 卻 ჺ ᝲ ᚚ卼卿᳭㉹⢙៧⛾भᐽ৅
vase is covered under a glossy transparent glaze with a pale blue Ꮢྏჺջǯ
tinge, with the exception of the recessed base.
15ƒ in. (39.6 cm.) high
HK$12,000,000-18,000,000 US$1,600,000-2,300,000
PROVENANCE
J. J. Lally & Co., New York
Sold at Christie’s New York, 20 March 1997, lot 146
The T. T. Tsui Collection
EXHIBITED
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, A Special Exhibition, Chinese Works
Of Art, 27 May – 18 June 1988, Catalogue no. 54
Two circular samples have been taken out from the outer ring of the
recessed base for TL testing. The result of the test from the Research
Laboratory for Archaeology, Oxford, no. 866c83 (3 February 1997) is
consistent with the dating of this lot.

base
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