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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION 明永樂 青花輪花綬帶葫蘆扁瓶
AN OUTSTANDING BLUE AND WHITE
MOONFLASK 來源：
MING DYNASTY, YONGLE PERIOD 壺中居，東京，1980年代
modelled after a Middle Eastern metal prototype, elegantly
potted with a flattened spherical body with two domed
sections, each side centred with a yin-yang medallion radiating
an eight-pointed starburst, the foliate points interspersed
between palmette or ornaments, all within a formal ‘half-cash’
diaper border around the edge, surmounted by a waisted neck
and a small bulb-shaped mouth, collared by a foliate scroll
band of aster and carnation, flanked by a pair of gracefully
arched handles with terminals similarly adorned with floral
sprays, all raised on a low oval foot, the cobalt blue of a brilliant
tone with characteristic ‘heaping and piling’, Japanese wood
box
29.5 cm, 11⅝ in.
PROVENANCE
Kochukyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, 1980s.
HK$ 15,000,000-20,000,000
US$ 1,940,000-2,590,000
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