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A BLUE AND WHITE ALTAR VASE, FANG ZUN A BLUE AND WHITE OVIFORM JAR AND COVER
Wanli Shunzhi, circa 1630-1660.
Modelled after an ancient bronze form, each mid section facet applied Typically painted with bold brushes of underglaze blue with a
with a beast mask handle, the foot with a moulded serpentine frieze, continuous scene of birds alighting over bamboo, blossoming
the body painted with ascending dragons and descending phoenix magnolia and peonies issuing from craggy rockwork. 30.5cm (12in)
amongst trailing flower sprays, above rockwork and foaming waves, high (2).
the neck reduced.
44cm (17.3/8in) high. £1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
£3,000 - 5,000 HK$16,000 - 22,000
CNY28,000 - 46,000
HK$33,000 - 55,000 Jars and covers of the same type are illustrated by S. T. Yeo & Jean
Martin in Chinese Blue and White Ceramics, Arts Orientalis, Singapore,
For a further example of a blue and white fang zun, Wanli, see J. 1978, no. 253 and 254.
Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics In The British Museum, British Museum
Press 2001, p.289, pl.11:31. Also a wucai version, p.340, pl.11:168.

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