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A LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘LANDSCAPE’ VASE
WANLI 1573-1620
The ovoid body painted with a continuous scene of houses and figures
dispersed throughout a rocky mountainous landscape, the shoulder decorated
with four cartouches containing floral sprays, the panels reserved on diaper
grounds divided by ruyi motifs, with a band of lappets encircling the foot and a
continuous scroll to the short waisted neck, 36.8cm.
£6,000-8,000
Provenance: from a British private collection, purchased from John Berwald Oriental
Ceramics & Works of Art on 18th April 1995. A copy of the invoice is available.
Cf. R Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, vol.II, Yuan and Ming
Dynasty Porcelains, p.735, no.1314 for a related piece.

明萬曆 青花山水紋大罐
來源：英國私人收藏，1995年4月18日購於John Berwald（附發票複印
件）。

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