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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE LITERATURE
COLLECTION
Kuji Takuma, Minsho Toji Zukan [Porcelains of
A BLUE AND WHITE QUADRILOBED the Early Ming Dynasty], Tokyo, 1968, pl. 16.
‘LOTUS’ JARDINIERE
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY $ 10,000-15,000
the lobed sides supported on a four broad ruyi-
form feet and rising to an everted rim, the sides
delicately painted with scrolling lotus stems 明十五世紀 青花纏枝蓮紋海棠
each issuing numerous leaves and terminating 式花盆
in a large blossom, all between a line border
above and a band of ruyi heads below, each 出版
ruyi-form foot with a floral bough and a scrolling 久志卓真，《明初陶磁図鑑》，東京，
border, the rim with scrolling wisps between 1968年，圖版16
line borders, the center of the base with a
Japanese gilt-lacquer repair, Japanese lacquer
cover, Japanese wood box (4)
Width 8½ in., 21.6 cm

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