An outstanding blue and white vase with fruit sprays
Meiping Ming Dynasty, Yongle period

Evenly potted of generous proportions with the full rounded shoulders rising at a gently flaring angle from the base, well painted in lively style with a wide band of ten fruit sprays arranged in an alternating double register, the upper register showing lychee, pomegranate, peach, longan, loquat, the lower one with crab apple, melon, ginkgo, cherry, and grape, all between a triple line border above and a five-line border below, the shoulders with a decorative band of twelve flower sprigs including two types of lotus, chrysanthemum, camellia, hibiscus and tea, each contained within a collar formed from interlocking upright and pendent ruyi lappets, all enclosing the white collar and small waisted mouth, the lower body with border of upright lotus lappets each enclosing a further flower sprig similar to those in the upper band, all above a narrow classic leafy scroll band above the foot, the underglaze cobalt blue of intense purplish-blue colour with pronounced ‘heaping and piling’ emphasising the three-dimensional quality of the design, the unglazed foot and slightly countersunk base
showing the fine white ware dotted with tiny brown iron spots.
36.5cm, 143⁄8in

Estimate: HK$80,000,000-120,000,000 (US$10,260,000-15,390,000)

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