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PROPERTY OF THE HONORABLE JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER IV 明宣德 / 正統 青花纏枝番蓮紋瓶
AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE
‘LOTUS’ VASE 來源：
洛克菲勒家族收藏，得於1968年之前，此後家族傳承
MING DYNASTY, XUANDE / ZHENGTONG
PERIOD
finely potted and of elongated ovoid form, the full swelling
shoulders sweeping to a slightly waisted cylindrical neck,
delicately painted in rich tones of cobalt blue accented
with characteristic ‘heaping and piling’, the body with a
composite scroll of four stylized lotus, each in alternating
stages of bloom with pomegranate-shaped centers on a
slender stem wreathed by meandering foliate scrolls, divided
by trios of leaves enclosing four or five long-stemmed
berries, all between overlapping plantain-leaf lappets with
well-defined veins encircling the shoulders and foot, the neck
with an alternating band of prunus florets and sprigs, with a
recessed stepped base
Height 9½ in., 24 cm
PROVENANCE
The Rockefeller Family Collection, acquired prior to 1968,
and thence by descent.
$ 150,000-250,000

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