A Chinese Qing dynasty blue and white porcelain gu, [Yongzheng] mark, 16x8 in (40.5x20 cm), Provenance: (1) Private collection of Earl Sorensen. He was an international businessman whom trades with various Asian countries during the 1960s. On a business trip in Western China, he fell in love with Chinese oriental culture. (2) Property from a private San Francisco collector 清雍正款青花筒形花觚，此花觚形體端莊靈秀，線條優美，釉面瑩潤純凈，青花發色淺淡沈穩，紋飾畫面清秀典雅，構圖疏朗，人小景大，並有排列整齊的梵文裝飾，為雍正青花之獨有，此花觚胎骨堅致細白，圈足修胎精致，極其符合雍正青花特征。此花觚為美國原國際商人伯爵索倫森收藏，他是60年代在中國西部商務旅行中，迷上了中國的東方文化，成為了一個著名的中國古玩收藏家。

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