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Xuande jars of this design and shape are very rare, particularly the ᫉໿ᇪ⧉଍ᆨℒ⁞卿ം೅㱈Ӭॶ⦞៨Ɽࢭ⡠卿ࡺᑐ⸥ⱤǮⴵⱤࣿ⁍ԕ卿
composite floral scroll comprising various flowers. The stepped foot and 㬳჎ཐ㇦ǯᄓჹ१Ӳ㪖ᅴ卿ԋ㧿ᝧ㫐஄ჺ᪪卿᫉ڔᯧ჎㇦ᙻ໿ᇪ㬪Ɽ⧉卿
countersunk base, however, are characteristic of blue and white jars ׾ൈஇ⛁ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴⻦Ӭ։㬪Ɽᱡᣗ⡠⸌⧉卿஋ऑݤᐙ卿ᄓ㛑ऱ᧙१Ӳ
from the Xuande period, such as a tall blue and white jar decorated with
a lotus scroll, with a reign mark reserved in a very similar sunken base ྉ㱈卿ԋ㧿ⶔ᪪卿ⶬ㢙ᙻझ࢈ ჺ߅‸Ƕᚺջ໿ᇪ໶⚨⴬ⵖ⁞ཿஎ
and stepped foot, from the Qing Court Collection, now in the Palace 㢙Ƿ卿எ‸ ⽚ǯ᳖༈⯠⻦औӬ։໿ᇪ㬪Ɽ⸥⡠⧉卿⭬㛑ـ㧩卿ᄓ㛑
Museum, illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed ⽔↚ᏛᯧӬ᧙卿→⻦࢈՗ᘢ༈ࢷ⁒㩴卿ⶬ㢙ᙻ ჺ㲞ᳰ߅‸ᘢ༈ࢷ
Red (I), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, ⁒㩴⻦ᙔ⁒Ⅷ৅ݥ㫀Ƕ㬪Ɽ㞏ㅏ⡚卻ӳ卼Ƿ卿எ ⽚ǯ
Hong Kong, 2000, no. 106. The same treatment can also be found on
a Xuande blue and white jar with a begonia scroll and inverted mouth,
in the National Palace Museum, illustrated in Catalogue of the Special
Exhibition of Selected Hsuan-te Imperial Porcelains of the Ming Dynasty,
Taipei, 1998, no. 10.

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