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A BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE BOTTLE VASE Elegantly decorated with early-Ming inspired motifs, the
craftsman of this vase has also successfully simulated
QIANLONG SEAL MARK AND PERIOD
the distinctive mottled ‘heaping and piling’ e" ect of the
the globular body rising from a splayed foot to a tall waisted celebrated 15th century blue and white wares through a
neck, molded around the stepped shoulder and the body deliberate application of darker and thicker spots of cobalt
with raised Þ llets, Þ nely painted in ‘heaped and piled’ deep on the design. Beginning with the Yongzheng emperor,
blue tones with a composite ß ower scroll band, all between successive rulers revisited this famous blue and white
lotus-lappet and classic scroll bands at the foot and a ruyi pattern. Qianlong period examples include a closely related
band at the shoulder, the neck with sti" leaf and keyfret example in the Nanjing Museum, illustrated in Treasures
bands below a wave band at the rim, the recessed base with of the Royalty: The O! cial Kiln Porcelain of the Chinese
a six-character seal mark in underglaze blue Qing Dynasty, Shanghai, 2003, p. 233; one in the Shanghai
Height 15⅓ in., 39 cm Museum is published in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 15,
Shanghai, 2000, pl. 2; and four vases are illustrated in
PROVENANCE Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray
Littleton & Hennessy Asian Art, Ltd., London, 2005. Museum, vol. III, London, 1996, pl. 2564, one with an
elaborate 19th century Ottoman gilt-metal cover. Another
$ 80,000-120,000 vase of this type, from the Toguri Collection, was sold in
these rooms, 9th June 2004, lot 5; another was sold in our
London rooms, 10th November 2010, lot 102A; and a third
vase was sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 3rd December 2015,
lot 426.
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