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PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION, ACQUIRED PRIOR TO 1990
694 Compare the current meiping to one of similar form and size from the Arthur
M. Sackler Collections, sold at Christie’s, New York, 24 March 2011, lot 1229.
A FAHUA MEIPING
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) An almost identical vase is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum,
London, illustrated by Lu Zhangzhen in Passion for Porcelain: Masterpieces
明 琺華釉折枝花卉紋梅瓶 of Ceramics from the British Museum and The Victoria and Albert Museum,
Beijing, 2012, pp. 354-355, no. 129.
The vase is decorated with a large chrysanthemum and peony bloom, below
a garland of beaded chains and precious objects to the shoulder and a lappet A slightly larger example with lotus decoration is in the collection of the
band to the foot, all reserved on a cobalt blue ground. British Museum, illustrated by Jessica Harrison-Hall in Catalogue of Late
Yuan and Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, p. 411, no. 13:5.
10¬ in. (27 cm.) high
£5,000-7,000 $7,600-11,000
€6,800-9,500
PROVENANCE:
Private European Collection, acquired prior to 1990.
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