An extremely rare imperial blue and white 'musk-mallow and lingzhi' vase
An extremely rare imperial blue and white 'musk-mallow and lingzhi' vase
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Finely potted, the baluster shaped body with curved sides rising to a rounded shoulder, surmounted by a slender waisted neck with a lipped mouth, flanked by a pair of crisply moulded ruyi-shaped handles, the body exquisitely painted in bright shades of cobalt-blue with a broad register enclosing four musk-mallow blossoms, encircled on a ground of finely detailed flower blooms and lingzhi fungus on a foliate scroll vine, set on a slightly splayed foot skirted with bands of pendant plantain leaves and ruyi-heads, the shoulder similarly painted below a band of ruyi-heads below the rim, the underside inscribed with a seal mark in underglaze blue. 27.5cm (10 7/8in) high.
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An extremely rare imperial blue and white 'musk-mallow and lingzhi' vase
Qianlong seal mark and of the period
Finely potted, the baluster shaped body with curved sides rising to a rounded shoulder, surmounted by a slender waisted neck with a lipped mouth, flanked by a pair of crisply moulded ruyi-shaped handles, the body exquisitely painted in bright shades of cobalt-blue with a broad register enclosing four musk-mallow blossoms, encircled on a ground of finely detailed flower blooms and lingzhi fungus on a foliate scroll vine, set on a slightly splayed foot skirted with bands of pendant plantain leaves and ruyi-heads, the shoulder similarly painted below a band of ruyi-heads below the rim, the underside inscribed with a seal mark in underglaze blue. 27.5cm (10 7/8in) high.
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