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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
1823
A PAIR OF SMALL MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE
CYLINDRICAL VASES
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARKS WITHIN
DOUBLE CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
The sides are decorated with flower-shaped panels The complex geometric decoration on these small jars
containing floral sprays and pentagonal medallions was inspired by Yongle-period porcelains, the forms
enclosing flowerheads on a dense diaper-pattern ground, and decoration of which reflect strong Middle Eastern
and the shoulder has a band of composite floral scroll. influence. Very similar geometric decoration can be seen on
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, each (2) a blue and white cylindrical jar and cover and a moon flask,
both of Yongle date, illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang
Ming Chu Qinghuaci (Early Ming Blue and White Ceramics
$50,000-70,000
in the Palace Museum Collection), vol. 1, Beijing, 2002, nos.
22 and 36, respectively. A Yongzheng-marked jar very
PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's New York, 23 September 1997, lot 286. similar to the current pair is illustrated ibid., vol. 2, no. 193.

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