• Dimension: Height: 7 1/2 in (19.1 cm) Width: 12 1/2 in (31.8 cm)
• Estimate From: $2500
• Estimate To: $4500

The jardiniere robustly potted of rectangular form with four bombe sides rising from four stylized ruyi cloud bracketed feet connected by an apron, the body finely painted in cobalt-blue on each side with two phoenix in flight enclosed within a ruyi-shaped cartouche, the front rim decorated with six character xuande mark flanked by two floral sprays. The base unglazed. Ming Dynasty period.

此青花爐器形十分罕見，方口出唇，扁腹，下承四如意折角足，通體青花紋飾，口沿飾纏枝靈芝紋，頸飾小朵花紋，腹部菱形開光內繪雙鳳穿蓮花紋，構圖有度，筆觸細膩，鳳凰之飛躍的動態感，躍然於其上，格調清新優雅，繪畫水平令人嘆止。腹、足四角各飾如意雲頭紋。口沿下從右向左署青花楷體“大明宣德年制”六字壹行款。此件作品為宣德禦窯精品，等級頗高，胎釉俱佳，雖有修復，但歷數代而不減光華，保持至今尤為難得。類似器物可慘考震旦博物館藏“明宣德青花四方爐” 以及北京故宮博物院藏“青花菱形開光雙鳳穿蓮花紋長方爐”。 張先生舊藏