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PROPERTY FROM THE YANGDETANG COLLECTION 梲⽟➪䍵啷炻1980⸜ẋ岤㕤ΐ㔎

3115 㖶ẋ㬋䴙ˣ㘗㲘ˣ⣑枮ᶱ㛅炻㛒夳㚠⮓⭀㫦䘬☐䈑炻塓䧙
䁢昞䒟⎚ᶲ䘬ˬ䨢䘥㛇˭ˤỮ㗗⽆㔯䌣姀庱䚳炻㬋䴙ᶱ⸜
AN EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE ‘QILIN’ VASE, 炷1438炸⸜㚦䤩㬊㮹䩗䅺忈␴⭀䩗⺷㧋䚠⎴䘬曺剙䒟☐烊㘗
MEIPING 㲘Ḽ⸜炷1451炸㚱㷃棺ⶆ㬚忈䒟☐ᶱ↮ᷳᶨ䘬姀庱烊⣑枮⃫
⸜炷1457炸㚦㳦ᷕ⭀崜㘗⽟捖䜋䅺䒟☐炻⇯ᶱ㛅ᷳᷕᶵ婾
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY ⭀ˣ㮹䩗⛯㚱䅺忈ˤ忁ᶱ㛅䘬⁛ᶾ曺剙☐䈑昌塓䧙䁢ˬ暚➪
ㇳ˭䘬Ṣ䈑⚾☐䙧⢾炻⎎㚱ᶨ栆ẍ渺湇ˣ⫼晨䫱䐆䌠䍵䥥䁢
The exterior of the elegantly potted vase is boldly decorated with ᷣ䲳䘬㠭䒞ˣ⣏仸ˤ俧⮞㖴⃰䓇㚦㊯↢烉ˬ忁ṃ☐䈑䘬桐尴
two qilin gliding through a rocky landscape, divided by a pine tree. 冯℞㗪䔓⡯檀ㇳ㜿列ˣ㇜忚䘬䔓桐ᶨ农炻倗专⇘㚱斄㔯䌣姀
The shoulder is decorated with four quatrefoil panels enclosing 庱炻䫮侭娵䁢炻忁ᶨ㈡曺剙☐炻⯙㗗两⭋⽟㘂㛇ẍἮ䘬䘯
flower heads against a diaper ground, which continues on the ⭌⭂⇞炻䓙⎴ᶨẋⶍ⋈丒墥忈⯙炻䓐㕤岆岄媠喑䌳䘬⽉䩗
short neck, with a band of lappets surrounding the foot. ☐˭炻夳1993⸜↢䇰˪㖶㶭䒟☐揺⭂˫炻74枩ˤ㬌栆╖ẍ渺
13 ƒ in. (34.2 cm.) high, box 湇ℍ䔓䘬⋩Ḽᶾ䲨曺剙㠭䒞㤝䁢⮹夳炻⇵㔯㍸⇘ᶨẞ怤⮏䚩
⌂䈑棐㓞啷䘬渺湇ˣ暄⮞暚䲳㠭䒞炻夳⇵㎕㚠炻74枩ˤṎ⎗
HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-260,000 㭼ᶨẞ⋩Ḽᶾ䲨曺剙⫼晨渺湇䲳⣏仸炻庱㕤㜙Ṕ1976⸜↢䇰
˪ᶾ䓴昞䒟ℐ普˫炻⌟14烉㖶炻48–49枩ˤ
PROVENANCE

Yangdetang Collection, acquired in London in 1980s

The present meiping belongs to a group of large blue and white
meiping and jars of the 15th century, decorated with mythical and
auspicious animals such as qilin and peacock. 15th century blue and
white meiping decorated with qilin motif is extremely rare. A similar
meiping in the Liaoning Provincial Museum was discussed by Geng
Baochang, Mingqing ciqi jianding (Authentication of Ming and Qing
Porcelains), Beijing, 1993, p. 74. Compare also with a jar decorated
with peacock and qilin illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Shogakukan,
1976, vol. 14, pl. 48-49.

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