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A blue and white beaker vase, Gu, Qing dynasty Shunzhi period…
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Melbourne
Date:
29-Oct-2014
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Description:
A blue and white beaker vase, Gu, Qing dynasty Shunzhi period the sides painted with birds in flight and perched on branches of a blossoming prunus tree growing beside flowering plants, the centre with a band of lotus, pomegranate and pierced rockwork above pendent lappets around the foot, the flared mouth with brown-edged rim 45.5 cm high. Provenance: Bonham's London 13 May 2010, lot 231. Other Notes: Compare a related blue and white beaker vase dated Shunzhi circa 1645-1655 from the collection of Sir Michael Butler illustrated by A. White, Chen Xiejun and Wang Qingzheng, eds. Seventeenth century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection, Shanghai 2005, Catalogue no. 42
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Category:
Oriental: Ceramics - Chinese