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AN OUTSTANDING BLUE AND WHITE 明宣德 青花纏枝花卉紋花澆
TANKARD 《大明宣德年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF XUANDE
來源：
modelled after an Islamic metal or jade form, the globular
body painted with an undulating flower scroll with alternating 法國西部私人收藏
lotus and hibiscus blooms between two lappet bands, 巴黎蘇富比2010年12月16日，編號33
the cylindrical neck moulded and painted with further
lappets, below a band of dots along the rim, the handle
with a protruding flange, painted with a foliate scroll and
terminating to a trefoil pencilled with an aster spray,
inscribed with a horizontal six-character reign mark on the
globular body just below the petals opposite the handle, the
recessed base unglazed revealing the buff-coloured body
13.4 cm, 5¼ in.
PROVENANCE
A private collection, Western France.
Sotheby’s Paris, 16th December 2010, lot 33.

HK$ 12,000,000-18,000,000
US$ 1,530,000-2,300,000

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