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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A Rare Turquoise-Glazed Carved Bottle Vase
KANGXI
Details
A Rare Turquoise-Glazed Carved Bottle Vase
Kangxi
Raised on a stepped pedestal foot, the tapering body well carved with a broad band of peony scroll bearing three large blossoms surrounded by dense leaves above a narrow flame-like band, the top of the flared shoulder encircled by a ruyi collar and the tall, subtly waisted, cylindrical neck carved with a lion-headed, slender, long-tailed, dragon grasping a lingzhi sprig below the cup-shaped mouth, covered overall with a transparent glaze of deep turquoise tone, the interior of the base glazed white
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high, wood stand, cloth box
Kangxi
Raised on a stepped pedestal foot, the tapering body well carved with a broad band of peony scroll bearing three large blossoms surrounded by dense leaves above a narrow flame-like band, the top of the flared shoulder encircled by a ruyi collar and the tall, subtly waisted, cylindrical neck carved with a lion-headed, slender, long-tailed, dragon grasping a lingzhi sprig below the cup-shaped mouth, covered overall with a transparent glaze of deep turquoise tone, the interior of the base glazed white
9¾in. (24.7cm.) high, wood stand, cloth box
Provenance
J.M. Hu Collection.