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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, YUHUCHUNPING
XIANFENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1851-1861)
The vase is decorated in varying shades of cobalt blue in imitation of the ‘heaping and piling’ efect. The
body is with a continuous scene of bamboo and plaintain amongst rocks in a fenced garden, below a band
of stif leaves, scrolling foliage, and spearheads to the shoulder. The foot is decorated with spaced lotus
blooms below a petal band.
11¡ in. (29 cm.) high
£15,000-25,000 $19,000-31,000
€18,000-29,000
A similar vase is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - III - Blue and (mark)
White Porcelain with Underglaze Red, Hong Kong, 2000, p. 167, no. 153. Two vases with almost identical
decoration but slightly larger in size were sold at Christie’s New York, 17 September 2008, lot 469 and
Christie’s London, 12 July 2005, lot 171.
Blue and white vases of this form and design based upon early Ming originals were made during the
reigns of Kangxi through to Guangxu.
清咸豐 青花竹石芭蕉紋玉壺春瓶 六字楷書款
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