Description:
Blue and White Bottle Vase, China, bulbous with a long flared neck, resting on a raised foot, the body decorated with floral and foliate scrolls painted in the "heaped and piled" of Ming style between two bands of a triple line and a trefoil ruyi band above and a petal lappets around foot below, the neck with an upright double leaf band at the base and a band of rolling waves at the top with a trefoil ruyi band below, six-character Qianlong mark on base, ht. 14 1/2 in.
Estimate $5,000-7,000
minor firing flaws, some wear with surface scratches and stains particularly on the interior of the mouth.
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Keywords
ChinaSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3263
Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3132
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