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3320 明嘉靖 青花雲鳳紋活環耳瓶 六字楷書橫款

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX AND 清宮舊藏中有一件近乎相同的例子，著錄於故宮博物院藏文
物珍品全集《青花釉裏紅(中)》，香港，2000年，頁96，
CRANES’ VASE 圖版89號（圖一）。

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566)

The vase is finely potted with a slightly compressed globular body
and applied to both sides of the neck with lion-mask loop handles
hanging loose rings. The body is painted in attractive vibrant
tones of cobalt blue with alternating pairs of phoenix and cranes,
flying amidst wispy clouds. The neck is decorated with the trigram
below a band of interlinking ruyi and demi-florettes.
6 Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high, box

HK$1,500,000-2,600,000 US$200,000-340,000

A nearly identical example from the Qing Court Collection is in the
Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with
Underglazed Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 96, no. 89 (fig. 1).

fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
（圖一）北京故宮博物院藏品

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