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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
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A MASSIVE BLUE AND WHITE
‘DRAGON’ VASE, MEIPING
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1573-1619)
Of an impressive size, sturdily potted with
broad rounded shoulders tapering to a
narrow foot, painted with two leaping
five-clawed dragons amidst flames and
freely scrolling lotus, all between lappet
bands with trefoil borders, the reign mark
inscribed in a line below the waisted neck.
23 æ in. (60 cm.) high
HK$400,000-600,000
US$52,000-77,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 November
2004, lot 1091
There are two vases of identical shape
and design in the Palace Museum,
Beijing, the larger (72 cm. high overall)
with covers, illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum: Blue and White Porcelain with
Underglazed Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000,
pl. 160; and the smaller example (43
cm. high), pl. 161. Eight blue and white
meiping vases of this form, including
three of this exact design, still with their
covers, were discovered in the Wanli
Emperor’s tomb, Ding Ling, among the
few porcelain items found when the
tomb was excavated in 1958.

明萬曆 青花穿花龍紋梅瓶
六字楷書橫款

來源
日本私人珍藏
香港佳士得，2004 年 11 月 1 日，拍品
1091 號

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