A VERY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE FLASK, BIANHU
YONGLE (1403 - 1425)
A VERY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE FLASK, BIANHU YONGLE (1403 - 1425) The powerfully potted flask of circular form with a flattened base and a short cylindrical neck, applied with two small loop handles on the shoulder, painted in cobalt-blue with characteristic heaping and piling on the domed front with a central raised boss detailed with crashing waves, surrounded by a wide band of composite floral scrolls, the meandering foliage supporting various blooms and associated buds, the side similarly decorated within lined borders, the base unglazed with a countersunk central recess 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) diam., not including the neck
A VERY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE FLASK, BIANHU
YONGLE (1403 - 1425)
A VERY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE FLASK, BIANHU YONGLE (1403 - 1425) The powerfully potted flask of circular form with a flattened base and a short cylindrical neck, applied with two small loop handles on the shoulder, painted in cobalt-blue with characteristic heaping and piling on the domed front with a central raised boss detailed with crashing waves, surrounded by a wide band of composite floral scrolls, the meandering foliage supporting various blooms and associated buds, the side similarly decorated within lined borders, the base unglazed with a countersunk central recess 13½ in. (34.3 cm.) diam., not including the neck
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