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139 Provenance 來源: R. & E.Bamad Ltd., Exeter
A blue and white washer Desmond R.Laurence Collection, no.433, acquired on 26 March 1988
Qianlong seal mark and of the period (label)
Stoutly potted, painted in the fifteenth century style, the interior with Roy Davids Collection, no.43
a circle of lotus heads within a band of the Eight Buddhist Emblems,
bajixiang, around a central lotus head, the exterior with a similar scroll Blue and white pieces such as the present lot, with the Eight Buddhist
at the rim above a continuous band of lotus heads. Emblems together with louts, exhibit the strong, emphatic yet
22.5cm (8 3/4in) diam. meticulous painting style associated with the Qianlong period, as well
as the Emperor’s personal interest in Buddhism. Blue and white vases
£2,000 - 3,000 CNY20,000 - 30,000 with related treatment of the lotus combined with the Eight Buddhist
HK$25,000 - 38,000 Emblems can be seen in the Palace Museum, Beijing: see a vase,
Qianlong seal mark and of the period, illustrated in The Complete
清乾隆 青花八吉祥番蓮紋洗 青花「大清乾隆年製」篆書款 Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Blue and White
Porcelain with Underglazed Red (III), Hong Kong, 2000, no.131, and
another in the Wang Xing Lou Collection, also Qianlong seal mark and
of the period, illustrated in Imperial Perfection: The Palace Porcelain of
Three Chinese Emperors, Hong Kong, 2004, no.14.

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