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A RARE COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 清康熙 青花釉裏紅折枝四季花卉紋蘋
WATERPOT (PINGGUO ZUN) 果尊
KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD
《大清康熙年製》款
of compressed globular form, elegantly potted with generous
rounded sides rising from a concave base to an incurved 來源
mouth recessed into the shoulder, the exterior intricately John Milton Bonham (1835-1897) 收藏
painted in rich tones of raspberry red depicting four stylized
full, round blooms of chrysanthemum, peony, lotus and
hibiscus, each borne on a curved leafy spray and surrounded
by stylized foliage, all below a narrow classic-scroll band,
the incurved mouth encircled by a lotus meander and the
foot with triangular lappets, divided by underglaze-blue line
borders, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-
character mark in three vertical columns
Height 3⅞ in., 10 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of John Milton Bonham (1835-1897).
$ 200,000-300,000

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