A RARE IRON-RED-GROUND 'KINRANDE' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE MING DYNASTY, JIAJING PERIOD of slender octagonal section, rising from a countersunk base to an elegantly clinched waist and tapering mouth, the lower bulb painted on each side with a quatrefoil cartouche enclosing gilt lotus sprays, framed within green-enameled and gilt borders and reserved on a Y-patterned diaper ground, all within rectangular green enameled borders with yellow scroll-bracketed corners, the shoulder similarly decorated with roundels inscribed with gilt characters against a diaper ground, and the upper lobe with vertical shaped cartouches enclosing floral sprays against a cash diaper ground, below keyfret and lotus borders in reserve and a gilt scroll at the mouth, with further reserve-decorated scrolls above the waist and foot, and a band of upright lappets encircling the foot, all reserved on a rich iron-red enameled ground, the base with a clear glaze, two Japanese wood boxes (5) Height 15 1/8 in., 38.4 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Collection of the Bernasconi Family. Christie's London, 6th June 1988, lot 131. Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, February 1989.
A RARE IRON-RED-GROUND 'KINRANDE' DOUBLE-GOURD VASE MING DYNASTY, JIAJING PERIOD of slender octagonal section, rising from a countersunk base to an elegantly clinched waist and tapering mouth, the lower bulb painted on each side with a quatrefoil cartouche enclosing gilt lotus sprays, framed within green-enameled and gilt borders and reserved on a Y-patterned diaper ground, all within rectangular green enameled borders with yellow scroll-bracketed corners, the shoulder similarly decorated with roundels inscribed with gilt characters against a diaper ground, and the upper lobe with vertical shaped cartouches enclosing floral sprays against a cash diaper ground, below keyfret and lotus borders in reserve and a gilt scroll at the mouth, with further reserve-decorated scrolls above the waist and foot, and a band of upright lappets encircling the foot, all reserved on a rich iron-red enameled ground, the base with a clear glaze, two Japanese wood boxes (5) Height 15 1/8 in., 38.4 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Collection of the Bernasconi Family. Christie's London, 6th June 1988, lot 131. Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, February 1989.
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