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A FAHUA ‘LOTUS POND’ VASE,
MEIPING

MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-EARLY 16TH CENTURY

The vase is decorated with flowering lotus and lotus
leaves above a band of crested rolling waves and
below a band of pendent precious objects on a rich
cobalt-blue ground, the decorative motifs on the
vase are outlined in low relief slip lines.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, Japanese wood box

HK$300,000-500,000
US$39,000-65,000

PROVENANCE

Hirano Kotoken, Tokyo, 2006

明中期 琺華蓮池紋梅瓶

來源
平野古陶軒，東京，2006年

Compare the current meiping to one of larger size
and with different treatment to the shoulder, sold at
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1452.

3187

A LARGE EARLY MING ANHUA-
DECORATED TIANBAI ‘LOTUS
BOUQUET’ DISH

YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425)

With rounded sides, the interior is delicately incised
with a ribboned lotus bouquet surrounded by a
composite floral meander issuing thirteen blooms.
The decoration on the cavetto is repeated around the
exterior but with fourteen blooms.
13 ¡ in. (34 cm.) diam.

HK$600,000-800,000
US$78,000-100,000

PROVENANCE

Johann Janssen (1896-1945), Berlin, and thence by
descent within the family

Johann Janssen (1896-1945) was an employee of the art
dealer Theodor Bohlken (1884-1954) and travelled to
China on a yearly basis between 1928 and 1938.

明永樂 甜白釉暗花一把蓮紋大盤

來源
Johann Janssen (1896-1945)，柏林，此後一直於
家族中流傳

Johann Janssen （1896-1945）曾為德國柏林著名古董商
Theodor Bohlken （1884-1954）工作，於1928至1938年
間每年都來華經商。

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