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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS 清雍正 青花歲寒三友圖罐
OF WINTER’ JAR
YONGZHENG MARK AND PERIOD 《大清雍正年製》款
robustly potted, of ovoid form with rounded tapered sides 展覽
rising to a waisted neck and lipped mouthrim, delicately 《中國名陶日本巡迴展•港台名家收藏陶瓷精品》，
painted in shaded tones of underglaze blue with a large lofty
pine, a blossoming prunus and tall arching shoots of bamboo 日本橋高島屋，東京，1992年，第206頁
stemming from jagged rocks, forming the ‘Three Friends of
Winter’, all below a band of upright lappet and cloud scrolls
enclosed in double-line borders encircling the shoulder, the
recessed base centered with a six-character reign mark in
underglaze blue
Height: 32.3 cm, 12¾ in.
EXHIBITED
Zhongguo mingtao riben xunhui zhan. Gangtai mingjia
shoucang taoci jingpin [Exhibition of Famous Chinese
Ceramics Touring Japan. Fine Ceramics from Private Hong
Kong and Taiwanese Collections], Nihonbashi Takashimaya,
Tokyo, 1992, p. 206.
‡ £ 60,000-80,000

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