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Le Musée Chinois de l’Impératice Eugénie, Château
de Fontainebleau; image © Béatrice Lécuyer-Bidal

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AN AUBERGINE AND TURQUOISE-GLAZED
FAHUA-TYPE BALUSTER VASE
Wanli
Of elegant baluster form, flanked by a pair of handles
moulded in the form of feathery peony flowers and
leaves, the bulbous body decorated with large
chrysanthemums and leaves enamelled in turquoise
and white on a lustrous purple-aubergine ground.
46.2cm (18 1/4in) high.

£6,000 - 8,000
CNY52,000 - 69,000

明萬曆 法華釉花卉紋橄欖瓶

Provenance: Lady Ward, possibly Irene Mary
Bewick, Baroness Ward of Tyneside
(1895-1980), by repute.

來源：
據傳為Ward女士，或為Irene Mary Bewick，Ward of
Tyneside男爵夫人（1895-1980）舊藏

A very similar vase decorated with chrysanthemums
and with peony handles, 16th century, removed
during the sacking of the yuanming yuan is
included in the collection of Empress Eugénie at the
Château de Fontainbleau, illustrated in Château de
Fontainebleau: Le Musée Chinois de l’impératrice
Eugénie, Paris, 2011, p.35. Another similar vase,
Wanli, is in the British Museum and illustrated
by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British
Museum, London, 2001, p.415.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.