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A RARE YUAN-STYLE DOUCAI MEIPING 清十八世紀 闘彩纏枝花卉紋梅瓶
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
robustly potted, the tapering body rising to a high rounded 來源
shoulder and surmounted by a short waisted neck and a Spink & Son Ltd.，倫敦（標簽）
lipped rim, the main register with four vibrantly painted
large floral blooms borne on a continuous undulating leafy
stem, the upper register with two phoenixes in flight amidst
a floral ground enclosed within classic scrolls, all above
upright lappets picked out in bright yellow, green and orange
enamels skirting the base
Height 36.3 cm, 14¼ in.

PROVENANCE
Spink & Son Ltd., London (according to label).
‡ £ 60,000-80,000

This elegant meiping belongs to a select group doucai
vases, whose form and design closely follow blue and
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white porcelain of the 14 century. The tripartite division
of the motif and the bold rendering of flowers and
serrated leaves are characteristics of meiping from the
Yuan dynasty (1279-1368), such as a one in the Shanghai
Museum, included in the Museum’s exhibition Splendors
in Smalt. Art of Yuan Blue and White Porcelain, Shanghai,
2012, cat. no. 13.
Compare a similar meiping, sold in our Hong Kong rooms
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in 1978, 1985, 1991 and most recently, 8 October 2010,
lot 2685; and a much larger example, from the collection
of Sir John Buchanan Jardine, in the British Museum,
London, illustrated in Soame Jenyns, Later Chinese
Porcelain, London, 1954, pl. 88. See also other meiping
sold in our New York rooms, 8 May 1981, lot 332; and
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another was sold at Christie’s London, 23 March 1987,
lot 405.

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