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四 43. Imperial blue and white ewer and cover with pear-shaped body
十 painted in the Ming style with two octofoil panels enclosing
三 fruiting peach and fruiting loquat berries respectively, on a
ground of chrysanthemum, camellia, pomegranate and peony
御 branches, beneath a wide band of lotus flowerheads on a
製 continuous scrolling foliate branch, beneath a further band
青 of stiff leaves at the neck, the lower section with a band of
花 lappets above stylised scrolls on the foot, the strap handle with
花 four lingzhi branches above three raised bosses, the spout with
卉 scrolls and leaves above lingzhi and ruyi-heads with blue-ground
開 strut adjoining the body, the cover with three chrysanthemum
光 flowerheads on a continuous scrolling leafy branch, beneath
瑞 moulded lappets and ring finial.
果 29.5cm total height.
紋 The base with six-character sealmark of Qianlong in underglaze
帶 blue and of the period, 1736-1795.
蓋 • Formerly in a French private collection.
執 • A similar example, from the Grandidier collection, no.
壺
2687, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, is illustrated by Daisy
清 Lion-Goldschmidt in Oriental Ceramics, The World’s Great
乾 Collections, Vol. 7, no. 178; another, in the National Place
隆 Museum, Taiwan, is included in The Illustrated Catalogue
of Ch’ing Dynasty Porcelain, pl. 7; another is illustrated by
大 Regina Krahl and John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics in the
清 Topkapi Sarayi Museum, Istanbul, Vol. III, no. 2565,
乾 p. 1106, and in colour p. 920; a further example is
隆 illustrated by Marchant in their Recent Acquisitions
年 catalogue, 2009, no. 38, pp. 68/9; two further covered
製 examples, one donated by Dr. K. S. Lo, is included in
款 Ceramics from the Collection of The Hong Kong Museum of
Art, 1984, no. 64, pp. 108/9, and an example in the British
Museum is illustrated by John Ayers and Masahiko Sato in
Sekei Toji Zenshu, Ceramic Art of the World, Volume 15, Qing
Dynasty, no. 161, p. 152.
• This piece is inspired by the early Ming Yongle original,
1403-1424; an example from the Qing Court Collection
is illustrated in Blue and White Porcelain with Underglazed
Red (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, Beijing, vol. 36, no. 41, p. 43.

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