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BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS FROM AN ITALIAN COLLECTION BLUE AND WHITE CERAMICS FROM AN ITALIAN COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE GARLIC!NECKED A BLUE AND WHITE SLEEVE VASE
BOTTLE VASE LATE MING DYNASTY, CHONGZHEN
LATE MING DYNASTY PERIOD, DATED TO THE KUIWEI YEAR
CORRESPONDING TO 1643
a globular form with tall slender garlic neck supported on a
short spreading foot, painted around the exterior in rich cobalt- of cylindrical form the tapering body rising to a slightly waisted
blue tones with leafy ß ower branches neck with everted rim, Þ nely painted in washes of cobalt blue
36.2 cm, 14¼ in. with a fan-shaped panel of a bird perch on ß owering branches,
together with a leaf-shaped panel depicting two musicians in
£ 5,000-7,000 a fenced rock garden, all surrounded with lingzhi sprays and
HK$ 55,500-77,500 US$ 7,100-9,900
scholar’s rocks, with an inscription dating it to the summer of
Kuiwei year (1643), signed Songshiju
׼͋ ڡڀڀ̓७ႉ᎘ଧ 45.2 cm, 17¾ in.
£ 8,000-12,000
HK$ 88,500-133,000 US$ 11,300-16,900

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