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          A RARE BLUE AND WHITE
          DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
          WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
          The lower and upper bulbs are decorated with
          molded pomegranate-form panels, decorated
          with groupings of auspicious emblems and
          fruits alternating with fowers growing from
          rock formations, all below the tall, narrow neck
          decorated with upright petal lappets.
          12¡ in. (32.3 cm.) high
          $12,000-18,000

          PROVENANCE
          Private collection, Kanazawa, Japan,
          prior to World War II.
          A blue and white double-gourd vase of similar
          shape, and also with pomegranate-form panels,
          is illustrated by R. Krahl and J. Ayers, Chinese
          Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum Istanbul,
          Vol. 2, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Porcelains, London,
          1986, p. 752, no. 1387.
          明萬曆   青花開光雜寶紋葫蘆瓶

















































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