ID 963286
Lot 3022 | AN EXTREMELY RARE BLUE AND WHITE POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE
Estimate value
HKD 25 000 000 – 35 000 000
XUANDE MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1426-1435)
Of hexafoil lobed shape, each lobe of the vase is painted with a lingzhi spray between a pendent lappet above and an upright lappet below, with another petal gracing the splayed foot. The neck is painted with three conjoined circles below the everted mouth with further band of pendent lappets, all in brilliant tones of blue with heaping and piling.
7 3/4 in. (19.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Sold at Osaka Bijutsu Club, 19 February 1939, lot 267
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Xuande period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Xuande period |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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