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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE BOTTLE 明末至清初 青花瑞獸圖方尊
VASE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD 來源：
Michel Beurdeley 收藏，巴黎
of square section, the angular facetted body rising from a flat 巴黎佳士得2007年12月7日，編號126
base to a stepped shoulder formed from concentric circular J.J. Lally & Co.，紐約
platforms, sweeping up to a cylindrical ribbed neck, the
body variously painted on each face with a rectangular panel 出版：
enclosing a beast amongst landscape within chevron borders, Cécile 及 Michel Beurdeley，《La Céramique chinoise:
one depicting a qilin below leafy plantain, the second with a Le guide du connaisseur》， 弗里堡，1978年，圖版79
recumbent horse looking back at a barren tree, the third with
a tiger below a pine tree in a riverside landscape, and the last
with a crouching ram reaching for water in stream, the top of
the shoulder painted with foliate strapwork and lappet bands,
enclosed by stylised ruyi scrolls at the four corners, the ribbed
neck with four horizontal fillets, wood stand
30.9 cm, 12⅛ in.

PROVENANCE

Collection of Michel Beurdeley, Paris.
Christie’s Paris, 7th December 2007, lot 126.
J.J. Lally & Co., New York.

LITERATURE

Cécile and Michel Beurdeley, La Céramique chinoise: Le guide
du connaisseur, Fribourg, 1978, pl. 79.

HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 77,500-104,000

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