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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JARDINIÈRE A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE Inspired by the classical shapes and
18th century AND COPPER-RED BARBED-RIM DISH decorative designs of the Ming dynasty, the
Robustly potted with steep rounded sides, Qianlong seal mark and of the period present dish attests to the creativity of Qing
painted around the exterior in vibrant Painted in copper-red with flowering peony potters during the Qianlong period. The
hues of blue with a continuous landscape and lingzhi fungus issuing from blue branches ‘heaped-and-piled’ technique, characterised
and a grassy clump, all within double circles
by the inky cobalt blue which fired to a dark,
of mountains by water dotted with small beneath four floral sprays at the cavetto, the deep blue in parts, heightening the three-
dwellings and pavilions, with strolling scholars rim with further lingzhi and meandering floral dimensional quality of the design, was a
by the banks and fishermen in sampans, all scrolls. 37.5cm (14 3/4in) diam. feature of early Ming blue and white wares, as
beneath a key-fret band below the lipped rim. was the use of separate floral sprays, instead
62.9cm (24 3/4in) diam. £9,000 - 12,000 of the continuous scroll, in the cavetto, and
CNY80,000 - 110,000 clearly inspired 18th century potters.
£10,000 - 15,000 清乾隆 青花釉裡紅靈祝富貴棱口盤
CNY89,000 - 130,000 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款

十八世紀 青花山水人物圖大缸 Provenance: Christie’s London, 21 March
1988, lot 59
Compare with a similar blue and white An English private collection, and thence by
jardinière, 18th century, in the British Royal descent
collection and illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese
and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection 來源：
1988年3月21日於倫敦佳士得拍賣，拍品59
of Her Majesty the Queen, London, 2016, 號
pp.198-199, no.405. 英國私人收藏，並由後人保存迄今

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