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A BLUE AND WHITE MING-STYLE
‘FLORAL’ DISH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

sturdily-potted with rounded sides and lipped
rim, painted in varying tones of underglaze blue
in ‘heaped and piled’ technique, the central
medallion with a oral meander, the stylized
blooms borne on narrow stems with twisting
leaves within a classic scroll band, the cavetto
with a similar band of scrolling owers, all
enclosed by a keyfret border, repeated to the
underside, the base and foot rim unglazed
Diameter 13⅜ in., 34.2 cm

$ 5,000-7,000

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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION

A WHITE-GLAZED INCISED VASE
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of ovoid shape rising to a lipped rim, the body
engraved with a continuous foliate meander of
lotus owers borne on undulating leafy stems,
set between bands of ruyi and keyfret around the
shoulder and upright lappets encircling the base,
all under a white glaze of faint bluish tint
Height 7⅝ in., 19.3 cm

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 26th November 1981,
lot 667.

$ 5,000-7,000

1981 11 26 667

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