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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FLORAL SCROLL’ JAR ᒞೣ࿎ 㤎⩈➂ᗌ⩈ڑ♄➭ 㢴२Վಧᕋᢎ
XUANDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A
DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435), YELLOW ENAMEL ⏜ऑ卿㎒⫒卿ᆄ⭬ݤᘘ卿㑷ംᖊ卿ᄓჹ१Ӳ㪖ᅴǯംᙼ㬪Ɽ⡠㱈卿
LATER ⭬㛑⥾⦞៨Ɽࢭ⡠Ӭॶ卿ࡺᑐ⸥ⱤǮⴵⱤࣿ⁍ԕ卿⫒ࣿ⬨㛑㱈㍩ᆨ
The jar is potted with a bulbous body rising from a stepped foot ࣍Ⳟ⡠ǯᄓ㛑ԋᇵ㬪Ɽᝧ㫐Ǹഌᚺᇪჺㅳǹᥓᝧ᪪ǯ㿩㞏ἃᇌ
to a short neck, painted in cobalt blue with a composite floral ࠼ǯ
scroll comprising peony, lotus and chrysanthemum, between
two bands of classic scroll around the shoulder and foot. The
ൢ
base is inscribed with the reign mark within a double circle.
◙ྲྀ卻⎋㏕ݩत卼卿Ƕԋल㪃ཿǷ卿ᅓ卿 ჺ ᝲ
4w in. (12.5 cm.) high, box
ᚚ卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-380,000 㛢⛁ࢷ⁒㱦卿Ƕᙲ㱦Ꮀ㉃ሗ⁞ߣཿ㈇֥Ƿ卿㛢卿
ჺ卿எ㢙எ‸ ⽚
EXHIBITED
Fukuya Department Store, Chinese Ceramics: A Loan Exhibition
of Selected Masterpieces, Hiroshima, 4-16 July 1961, catalogue
no. 61
Kyoto National Museum, The Special Exhibition in Memory of
the New Building, Kyoto, 1966, catalogue no. 289
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