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fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

3000
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘BIRD
AND FLOWER’ BOTTLE VASE
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The vase is painted around the body with birds and
flowers, between a band of plantain leaves above and
a band of upright stylised petals below. The neck
is further painted with a lotus scroll below a band
of key frets on the lipped rim. The splayed foot is
encircled by a floral scroll.
10 º in. (26 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
HK$180,000-250,000
US$24,000-32,000
PROVENANCE
A Japanese private collection, Shikoku,
acquired in the Edo period (1603-1868)
An identical vase, dated to the Wanli period, is in
the Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in Blue
and White Porcelain with Underglazed Red (II), The
Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Hong Kong, 2000, no. 168 (fig. 1), where
it is stated that the unusual shape of the vase
can be seen as a prototype of mallet vases made
during the Qing dynasty.

明萬曆 青花花鳥纏枝蓮紋長頸瓶
來源
日本四國私人收藏，入藏於江戶時期
北京故宮博物院有一件相同例子，定年萬曆，著錄於故
宮博物院藏文物珍品全集《青花釉裏紅》（中），香
港，2000年，圖168號（圖一），其中作者認為該瓶造型
獨特，開清代紙槌瓶和搖鈴尊的先河。

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