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A RARE SMALL MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE YELLOW- A BLUE AND WHITE ‘NINE PEACHES’ DISH
GROUND VASE
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
YONGZHENG SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735)
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1723-1735) The dish is fnely decorated in early Ming style in the center with nine peaches
The cylindrical body is decorated in underglaze blue with simulated ‘heaping borne on gnarled, leafy branches, and the exterior is decorated with a
and piling’ with leafy lotus scroll on a yellow ground, all below a narrow band of continuous leafy meander of morning glory.
classic scroll on the shoulder that has been covered with a green glaze. 10æ in. (27.3 cm.) diam.
3¬ in. (9.4 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$40,000-60,000
$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE
The shape and decoration of this small vase is similar to that of two blue
and white vases, also with Yongzheng marks, but of larger size, one (10.7 Private estate, Cambridge, England.
cm.) sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 20 November 1985, lot 76, the other (11
cm.) at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1892. Another jar that is
similar to the present jar, also with a yellow ground and green glaze on the
classic scroll band on the shoulder, but of larger size (10.8 cm.), was sold at
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1-2 November 1994, lot 224.
清雍正 黃地青花纏枝蓮紋小瓶 雙圈六字楷書款

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