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A BLUE AND WHITE
'POMEGRANATE' EWER
WANLI PERIOD (1573-1619)
The bulbous lower body is decorated with vertical
panels enclosing leafy flower blossoms beneath a
key-fret border at the base of the slender neck. The
curved spout is decorated as a branch with molded
leaves. The exterior of the flaring, star-form mouth
rim is decorated with cicadas.
6¬ in. (16.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
$6,000-8,000

The popular name for this type of kendi is
'pomegranate’ ewer, owing to the distinctive
star-shaped mouth rim. A similar ewer in the
Fondation Custodia (Coll. F. Lugt), Institut
Néerlandais, Paris, is illustrated by Maura Rinaldi
in Kraak Porcelain, A Moment in the History of
Trade, London, 1989, pl. 277, where the author
suggests a date of circa 1595-1610 for this type
of kendi. A related ‘pomegranate’ ewer, from
the collection of John and Julia Curtis, sold at
Christie’s New York, 16 March 2015, lot 3500.

明萬曆 青花花卉紋石榴式注壺

850

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
851
A BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' EWER
LATE MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The pear-shaped ewer is decorated in shades
of underglaze blue with seven bands of various
motifs, including lotus scroll and galloping horses.
The spout emerges from the open mouth of a
mythical beast, and the base is inscribed with an
apocryphal Xuande mark.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high

$7,000-9,000
PROVENANCE:
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, Connecticut, 1980s-90s.

紐約私人珍藏
晚明 十六/十七世紀 青花蓮紋執壺
來源:
Vallin Galleries, Wilton, 康涅狄格州, 1980-90
年代。

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