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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
1150 PROVENANCE:
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE Property from a private English collection.
CHONGZHEN PERIOD (1628-1644)
A vase of similar form and decoration from the Butler Family Collection, is
明崇禎 青花人物故事紋長頸瓶 illustrated by Sir Michael Butler and Prof. Wang Qingzheng in Seventeenth
Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler
The vase is decorated in vibrant shades of cobalt blue with a continuous scene Collections, London, 2006, pp. 324-325, no. 122.
of dignitaries and attendants. The neck is painted with upright clusters of
tulips, separated by a lotus scroll to the bulbous ‘garlic head’ section.
14æ in. (37.5 cm.) high
£14,000-18,000 $22,000-27,000
€19,000-24,000
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