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69 The decoration on the current vase, rendered in rich shades of cobalt blue,
simulates the ‘heaping and piling’ efect characteristic of the early Ming
A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE PILGRIM FLASK, period. The shape of this vessel was inspired by prototypes that were popular
BIANHU during the Xuande reign (1426- 435). It is particularly rare to fnd this design
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE of foral scrolls on pilgrim fasks, as it is more common to fnd this type
AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) of decoration on large dishes or fasks of a diferent shape. See a Xuande
period blue and white pilgrim fask of a very similar shape to the current lot,
The elegantly potted fask is painted to each side of the rounded body with but decorated with a diferent design, illustrated in The Complete Collection
four large fower blooms surrounded by stylised foliage, encircled by a band of of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 34 - Blue and White Porcelain with
classic scroll and below a pair of handles with ruyi-shaped terminals. The neck Underglazed Red (1), Hong Kong, 2000, pl. 95, p. 101.
and shoulder of the vessel are similarly decorated with stylised foral scrolls.
7¿ in. (18.3 cm.) high 清雍正 仿明式青花花卉紋如意耳扁壺 六字篆書款

£60,000-80,000 $85,000-110,000
€76,000-100,000

來源:蘇格蘭私人珍藏

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