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A FINE AND VERY LARGE BLUE AND WHITE
‘LOTUS’ MEIPING
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
the tapered baluster body rising from a recessed base to
a broad rounded shoulder and short tapered neck with
galleried rim, densely painted to the body with leafy scrolling
lotus blooms, all between elongated lappet borders around
the foot and to the rounded shoulder, the base of the neck
encircled with a six-character mark in underglaze blue
47.5 cm, 18½ in.
£ 30,000-50,000
HK$ 308,000-515,000 US$ 39,300-65,500
明萬曆 青花纏枝蓮紋梅瓶
《大明萬曆年製》款

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