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A MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE EWER AND COVER This style of ewer was popular throughout the Qing dynasty, particularly in
DAOGUANG SIX-CHARACTER SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE the Qianlong period, and imitates early 15th century prototypes. The intricate
AND OF THE PERIOD (1821-1850) form of this ewer is derived from Near Eastern metalwork with which the
Chinese came into contact through trade and exchange of exotic objects in
The ewer is decorated in the Ming style imitating ‘heaping and piling’ with the late Yuan and early Ming periods.
a cartouche to each side of the body, one enclosing a fruiting peach branch
and the other a loquat branch, surrounded by fowering branches and a band For an example of the Ming prototype of this exact design, see J. Ayers and
of lotus scrolls to the lower neck. The curved handle is decorated with lingzhi R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, 1986, vol.
sprigs and the spout with meandering branches. The cover is painted with an II, no. 618.
intricate chrysanthemum scroll.
10æ in. (27.4 cm.) high A very similar ewer and cover, also with Daoguang mark and of the period,
sold at Christie’s, London, 12 July 2005, lot 172.
£8,000-12,000 $12,000-17,000
€11,000-15,000 清道光 青花纏枝花果紋執壺 六字篆書款
來源：西班牙外交官舊藏，於1940年代購自上海；
PROVENANCE: 歐洲貴族珍藏

Property of a Noble European Lady.
Collection of a Spanish diplomat, who was based in Shanghai in the 1940s.

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