A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE VASE

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HKD 1 500 000
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30.05.2022 10:30UTC +08:00
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Lot 2705 | A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE VASE
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE VASEKANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)The tall faceted vase is of square section and decorated to each side with a different motif in underglaze blue, a sage under a pine tree in a mountainous landscape; a pair of butterflies above a mantis perched on a branch above flowering begonia growing from a rock; tall bamboo branches growing from a rock and a single butterfly above chrysanthemums and rocks, each framed in double-outlined shaped cartouche. The flared shoulder is decorated with lingzhi and sprays of orchid, begonia, lotus and mallow, supporting the trumpet-form neck decorated with bamboo branches.20 7⁄8 in. (53 cm) high Provenance J.J. Lally & Co., New York, circa 2000 Literature Robert Jacobsen, Ye Peilan and Julian Thompson: Imperial Perfection.The Palace Porcelain of Three Chinese Emperors, Kangxi - Yongzheng - Qianlong, Hong Kong, 2004, pp 30 , no. 2 Exhibited On loan to the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2003 - 2020
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