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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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