Lot 173 A Chinese blue and white 'Auspicious Emblems and Peonies' pear-shaped vase

A Chinese blue and white 'Auspicious Emblems and Peonies' pear-shaped vase

Wanli

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€ 1.200 – € 1.800

H: H. 19,3 cm

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A pear-shaped bottle vase, painted in soft and darker tones of underglaze cobalt blue. The decoration is divided into six vertical panels by double lines. Beneath the mouth hang six jewelled bead strings with tassels, while the shoulder is encircled by a band of ruyi-head motifs. The panels on the body are decorated with auspicious emblems suspended from ribbons with tasselled ends, alternating with flowering peonies.
此瓶作梨形，以深淺相間的柔和青花繪飾。器身以青花雙線分隔為六組縱向開光。口沿下懸飾六組珠寶瓔珞及流蘇，肩部環飾一周如意雲頭紋。器腹各開光內交替繪綬帶流蘇懸掛的吉祥雜寶與盛開的牡丹。
Provenance:
Marc Michot, Bruges, with their label to the base.
The Mr. and Mrs. Baert-Devos Collection, Belgium. Acquired from the above in 1987 and accompanied by a copy of their certificate of authenticity. (see added scan)