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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE, Blue and white vases of this form and design are based on early Ming
YUHUCHUNPING originals and were very popular during the reigns of Kangxi through to
18TH CENTURY Guangxu. A similarly decorated Qianlong-marked vase from the National
The vase is decorated with a continuous scene of bamboo and plaintain Palace Museum is illustrated in Blue and White Ware of the Ch'ing Dynasty,
amongst rocks in a fenced garden below a band of ruyi-heads, scrolling foliage, Book II, Hong Kong, 1968, pp. 44-45, pl.12, and included in the Special
and spearheads to the neck. The foot rim is encircled by a band of lotus lappets Exhibition of K'ang-hsi, Yung-cheng and Ch'ien-lung Porcelain, Taipei, 1986,
above tendrils. Catalogue no. 72. Another Qianlong-marked vase, slightly larger in size, was
14æ in. (37.5 cm) high
sold at Christie's London, 8 November 2016, lot 73.
£10,000-15,000 US$13,000-19,000
€12,000-17,000
清十八世紀 青花翠竹芭蕉紋玉壺春瓶

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