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78 | BONHAMS A SOFT-PASTE BLUE AND WHITE VASE,
MEIPING
Yongzheng/Qianlong
The body rising from a slightly splayed foot to
broad shoulders, deftly painted in bright cobalt blue
with alternating flowering and fruiting branches of
pomegranate, lychee and persimmon, the creamy-
white body with overall craquelure.
29cm (11 3/8in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY17,000 - 26,000

清雍正/乾隆 漿胎青花折枝花果紋梅瓶

Provenance: a British private collection, and thence
by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

Compare with a related soft paste porcelain
blue and white ‘auspicious fruit’ baluster vase,
Yongzheng, illustrated in The Taft Museum: Its
History and Collections, Vol.2, no.1931.57, p.595.

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A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE
‘SIX DRAGONS’ BOWL
Xuande six-character mark, early 18th century
Of conical shape with gently sloping sides, the
exterior painted in vivid shades of cobalt blue with
six wrathful five-clawed dragons detailed with
horns and manes, striding amidst scrolling flames
above protruding rocks emerging from swirling
and crashing waves, the interior decorated with a
central medallion enclosing a stylised shou character
bordered by ruyi-heads within a foliate cartouche,
fitted with metal rim.
22.2cm (8 3/4in) diam.

£4,000 - 6,000
CNY35,000 - 52,000

十八世紀初 青花海水盤龍紋斗笠盌
青花「大明宣德年製」楷書仿款

Provenance: a British private collection, and thence
by descent

來源：英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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.