A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE with garlic neck decorated on the ribbed lower section with a coat-of-arms dividing flower-sprays, beneath a band of fronds divided by four crests at the shoulder and similar flower-sprays at the neck, the flaring mouth with a band of iron-red trellis-pattern embellished with chrysanthemum-heads, circa 1712 | Christie's

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A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE with garlic neck decorated on the ribbed lower section with a coat-of-arms dividing flower-sprays, beneath a band of fronds divided by four crests at the shoulder and similar flower-sprays at the neck, the flaring mouth with a band of iron-red trellis-pattern embellished with chrysanthemum-heads, circa 1712

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A CHINESE IMARI ARMORIAL BOTTLE-SHAPED VASE with garlic neck decorated on the ribbed lower section with a coat-of-arms dividing flower-sprays, beneath a band of fronds divided by four crests at the shoulder and similar flower-sprays at the neck, the flaring mouth with a band of iron-red trellis-pattern embellished with chrysanthemum-heads, circa 1712
25.2cm. high

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Walker. Cf.D.S.Howard, Chinese Armorial Porcelain, p.177, where an identical vase is illustrated from the Phil. Cooke Collection.

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