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THE LARSON YONGZHENG VASE
THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY
拉爾森雍正青花大尊
美國家族私人珍藏
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A FINE AND EXCEEDINGLY RARE BLUE AND 清雍正 青花折枝花果紋大尊 六字篆書款
WHITE ‘FRUIT AND FLOWER SPRAY’ VASE
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE 尊撇口，長頸，溜肩，扁鼓腹，圈足外撇。通體青花紋飾，
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) 口沿飾纏枝靈芝及如意紋一周，頸部畫纏枝蓮紋，肩部飾如
The vase is robustly potted with a compressed globular body 意雲頭、纏枝蓮及變形蓮瓣各一周，腹部繪折枝茶花、瓜藤、
rising from a splayed foot to a slightly waisted neck beneath a 石榴花、石榴果、桃花、桃果六組，脛部畫蓮瓣紋一圈，圈
flared mouth. The body is exquisitely painted in delicate shades of 足飾海水紋。底部青花書「大清雍正年製」六字篆書款。
cobalt blue with six fruit and flower sprays, comprising camellia
flowers, fruiting and flowering pomegranate and peach, and vines 來源
of melon, below a band of lotus lappets around the shoulder and 瑞典拉爾森（1870-1957）珍藏，此後一直於家族中流傳。
crashing waves around the foot. The neck is decorated with a 拉爾森是瑞典傳教士、外交官及商人，於 1893 至 1939 年間
broad band of lotus scroll, between rows of scrolling florettes, 定居於華北及蒙古
trefoils and ruyi-heads.
22 Ω in. (57 cm.) high
HK$32,000,000-45,000,000 US$4,100,000-5,800,000
PROVENANCE
Frans August Larson (1870-1957), a Swedish missionary, diplomat
and businessman who resided in Northern China and Mongolia
from 1893 to 1939, and thence by descent within the family

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