
Lot 2622. A fine and extremely rare blue and white 'foliate scroll' meiping, Ming dynasty, Chenghua period (1464-1487). 26.5 cm., 10 1/2 in. Estimate 20,000,000 — 30,000,000 HKD. Lot sold 43,220,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's 2010.
the round-shouldered elegantly tapering body rising from a recessed base to a narrow short ribbed neck with everted rolled rim, finely painted in rich heaped and piled cobalt-blue tones around the exterior with a broad undulating foliate scroll band, all between a stiff pendant...
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