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A COPPER RED-DECORATED
YUHUCHUNPING
YUAN DYNASTY
the pear-shaped body resting on a slightly
splayed foot, sweeping to a slender waisted
neck and flared rim, freely painted with two
floral sprays between triple line borders, the
neck with upright leaf-form lappets enclosing
scrolls, the exterior, mouth and recessed base
glazed white, the footring unglazed revealing
the pinkish buff body
Height 10⅜ in., 26.5 cm
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 12th-13th May 1986, lot 164.
Compare a similar vase included in the
exhibition In Pursuit of the Dragon: Traditions
and Transitions in Ming Ceramics, Seattle Art
Museum, 1988, cat. no. 7, attributed to the
mid-14th century. See two others of similar
design: the first sold in our Hong Kong rooms,
7th May 2002, lot 566, the second sold at
Christie’s New York, 18th September 2014, lot
912. For an example painted with a lotus scroll,
attributed to the first half of the 14th century,
see one illustrated in Suzanne G. Valenstein,
A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York,
1989, pl. 131.

$ 10,000-15,000

元 釉裏紅花卉紋玉壺春瓶
來源
倫敦佳士得1986年5月12至13日，編號164

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