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A RETICULATED FAHUA BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING Mid-Ming Dynasty
A RETICULATED FAHUA BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING Mid-Ming Dynasty Robustly potted with a high rounded shoulder rising to a waisted neck, skilfully carved in openwork depicting a scene of an acolyte wearing an aubergine robe and carrying a qin wrapped in a yellow cloth, amidst undulating cloud scrolls and pine trees on a turquoise ground, between a band of pierced peony scroll at the shoulder and a lapper border at the foot. 34.8cm (13 3/4in) high Footnotes: 明中期 琺華透雕擕琴訪友圖梅瓶 Provenance: Collection of Alfred Clarke Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 32 The Hall of Refined Elegance, no. V36 Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, no.161 來源: 克拉克收藏 香港蘇富比,1988年5月17日,拍品編號32 香港小雅之堂收藏,編號V36 展覧: 東方陶瓷學會,《明代藝術》,倫敦,1957年,編號161 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
A RETICULATED FAHUA BALUSTER VASE, MEIPING Mid-Ming Dynasty Robustly potted with a high rounded shoulder rising to a waisted neck, skilfully carved in openwork depicting a scene of an acolyte wearing an aubergine robe and carrying a qin wrapped in a yellow cloth, amidst undulating cloud scrolls and pine trees on a turquoise ground, between a band of pierced peony scroll at the shoulder and a lapper border at the foot. 34.8cm (13 3/4in) high Footnotes: 明中期 琺華透雕擕琴訪友圖梅瓶 Provenance: Collection of Alfred Clarke Sotheby's Hong Kong, 17 May 1988, lot 32 The Hall of Refined Elegance, no. V36 Exhibited: Oriental Ceramic Society, The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, London, 1957, no.161 來源: 克拉克收藏 香港蘇富比,1988年5月17日,拍品編號32 香港小雅之堂收藏,編號V36 展覧: 東方陶瓷學會,《明代藝術》,倫敦,1957年,編號161 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing