GA018 | Interiors | Private Collections
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A pair of blue and white covered vases<br />
Ming dynasty, Chongzheng period c.1640<br />
each of octagonal baluster form, painted<br />
on the exterior with detached sprays<br />
of seasonal flowers between a band<br />
of blue-ground lappets around the<br />
shoulders and a band of pendant stiff<br />
leaves around the high slightly splayed<br />
base, a castellated border on the short<br />
straight mouth, knopped and domed<br />
covers, 36.5cm high overall<br />
Three similar covered vases are illustrated<br />
by Colin Sheaf and Richard Kilburn, The<br />
Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes, pl 63, p. 51<br />
$5,000–7,000
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