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AN EXTREMELY RARE AND IMPORTANT BLUE 明永樂 青花阿拉伯文無當尊
AND WHITE MIDDLE-EASTERN INSPIRED
STAND, WUDANGZUN
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD
inspired by a Middle Eastern metal prototype, well potted
with a hollow, waisted cylindrical body centred by a raised
horizontal rib, flaring gently towards the top and bottom
to an everted rim and foot, the exterior boldly painted in
rich cobalt-blue tones with two horizontal bands, each with
calligraphic Arabic script interlaced with meandering foliate
scrollwork and two roundels enclosing a flower wreathed
by a leafy meander, divided by a lappet band encircling the
raised rib on the waist, all below stylised florets alternating
with detached floral sprays on the underside of the rim, the
decoration divided by double-line borders, the flat top of the
rim and the foot painted with radiating lotus lappets, covered
overall in a transparent bluish glaze save for an unglazed ring
on the base revealing the buff-coloured body
h. 17.2 cm, 6¾ in.

HK$ 20,000,000-30,000,000
US$ 2,550,000-3,830,000

34 SOTHEBY ’S SIX TREASURES