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A BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE BOTTLE VASE
SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF QIANLONG
the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted
neck, finely painted in ‘heaped and piled’ deep blue tones with
a composite flower scroll band, all between lotus-lappet and
classic scroll registers at the foot and a ruyi band and further
floral scroll at the shoulder, the neck with stiff leaf and keyfret
bands below a wave border at the rim, the recessed base with a
six-character seal mark in underglaze blue
Height 14¾ in., 37.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 15th September 1999, lot 94.
Elegantly decorated with early Ming inspired motifs, this vase
also successfully simulates the distinctive mottled ‘heaping
and piling’ effect of celebrated 15th century blue and white
wares through a deliberate application of darker and thicker
spots of cobalt on the design. Beginning with the Yongzheng
Emperor, successive rulers revisited this famous blue and
white pattern. Qianlong period examples include a closely
related example in the Nanjing Museum, Nanjing, illustrated
in Treasures in the Royalty: The Official Kiln Porcelain of the
Chinese Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 233; one in the
Shanghai Museum, Shanghai, published in Zhongguo taoci
quanji, vol. 15, part II, Shanghai, 2000, p. 219; and four vases
illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi
Saray Museum, vol. III, London, 1986, pl. 2564, one with an
elaborate 19th century Ottoman gilt-metal cover. Another
vase of this type, from the Toguri Collection, was sold in
these rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 5; another was sold in our
London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 102A; and a third
vase was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd December 2015,
lot 426.
$ 50,000-70,000

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來源：
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL’ FISHBOWL 清十八世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋缸 紐約蘇富比1999年9月15日，編號94
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
來源：
the deep curved sides narrowing at the base and 紐約蘇富比1997年3月19日，編號260
surmounted by a straight lipped rim, elegantly painted with
stylized lotus blooms borne on an undulating stem issuing
scrolling leaves, all between an upright lappet border at the
foot and bands of ruyi heads and crashing waves just below
the rim
Diameter 16 ¼ in., 41.3 cm
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 19th March 1997, lot 260.
For similar fishbowls sold at auction, compare one sold in
our Hong Kong rooms, 20th November 1985, lot 70. Another,
with an additional band of the ‘eight Buddhist emblems’ sold
in these rooms, 19th November 1982, lot 285.
$ 30,000-50,000

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