A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACOCK’ MEIPING, MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘PEACOCK’ MEIPING
MING DYNASTY, MID-15TH CENTURY
明十五世紀中 青花文明富貴圖梅瓶

robustly potted with high broad round shoulders sloping down towards the tapered body and gently splayed foot, painted with a central register of a pair of peacocks amidst large blossoming peonies and pierced rockwork, framed above by pendent ornaments suspended within a cloud-lappet collar reserved on a cell diaper ground, the foot encircled by a border of upright lappets, the short tapering neck painted with a classic scroll border

Height 13¼ in, 33.6 cm

Condition Report:
With a network of small cracks running from the mouth down the neck, to the middle of the collar, and with fritting around the mouth. Ffiring imperfections including kiln chips at the foot. The base has a restored kiln crack. The surface with scratches typical of age.

一片小沖紋從口沿至頸部到肩部中間，口沿有小缺釉，細微窰燒瑕疵包 括足部窰磕，底有一窰裂經修。表面刮痕與斷代相符。

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Provenance:
Sotheby's London, 1st March 1946, lot 14.

Bluett & Sons, London.

Collection of Robert C. Bruce, Esq (1898-1953).

Sotheby's London, 12th May 1953, lot 88.

Bluett & Sons, London.

Collection of Mrs Walter Sedgwick (1883-1967).

Sotheby’s London, 2nd July 1968, lot 132.

William Clayton Ltd., London, 29th July 1968.

來源

倫敦蘇富比1946年3月1日，編號14

Bluett & Sons，倫敦

Robert C. Bruce (1898-1953) 收藏

倫敦蘇富比1953年5月12日，編號88

Bluett & Sons，倫敦

Walter Sedgwick 夫人 (1883-1967) 收藏

倫敦蘇富比1968年7月2日，編號132

William Clayton Ltd.，倫敦，1968年7月29日