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The Property of a Lady
Lot 231

A blue and white beaker vase, gu
Shunzhi

13 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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A blue and white beaker vase, gu

Shunzhi
Beautifully painted in vivid shades of blue with magpies in flight and perched on a prunus tree growing on an undulating ground, the slightly rounded centre with a pomegranate sprig, lotus and pierced rockwork, the foot with pendent lappets, the everted rim with a chocolate-brown slip. 45.6cm (18in) high.

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Provenance: an English private collection; according to the family purchased in the 1930s-40s, and thence by descent

Compare a related blue and white beaker vase dated Shunzhi, circa 1645-1655 from the collection of Sir Michael Butler, illustrated by A.White, Chen Xiejun and Wang Qingzheng, eds., Seventeenth Century Jingdezhen Porcelain from the Shanghai Museum and the Butler Collection, Shanghai, 2005, Catalogue no.42.

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