Lot 283
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 08 November 2024 from 10:00 GMT
清或以後 白描青花八吉祥賁巴壺
with a compressed globular body rising from a high splayed foot to a shaped neck, together with a separate beaded-edged disc-shaped top of angled profile, one side of the globular body with a curved s-shaped spout issuing from the moulded jaws of a Makara head, the main body exquisitely decorated with two main registers, each with four of the Eight Buddhist Emblems-bajixiang, depicted beribboned and alternating with four lotus blooms borne on scrolling foliage, all between ruyi bands, the separate top decorated with further bajixiang emblems interspersed with lotus scrolls, all decoration painted with blue and white outlines
19.5cm high