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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE HEXAFOIL TUBULAR
BIRD FEEDER
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD
(1426-1435)
The body is moulded horizontally with six flutes that continue
to the conforming outline of the two ends moulded with mallow
blossoms, and painted with bands of lotus scroll in deep inky tones
of underglaze blue with ‘heaping and piling’ shading in areas to
blackish brown. The top has two large apertures with unglazed
rims, with the reign mark inscribed in a line on one side and the
pair of small attachment loops applied on the opposite side.
3 ¡ in. (8.5 cm.) wide
HK$240,000-400,000 US$32,000-52,000
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