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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH LADY AND GENTLEMAN
A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
TONGZHI MARK AND PERIOD
the slightly compressed globular body rising from a spreading foot to a tall waisted neck, brightly decorated in deep tones of cobalt with a 'heaping and piling' effect, the body with meandering composite floral scrolls between upright lappets and classic scrolls encircling the foot and a border of ruyi pendents and floral scrolls at the shoulder, all divided by one single and one double raised rib, the neck painted with plantain leaves rising from a border of key-frets below pendent ruyi heads and a band of tumultuous waves at the rim, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue
38.9 cm, 15 3/8 in.
Estimate
30,000
—
50,000
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