A RARE MOLDED WHITE-GLAZED BEAKER VASE, GU

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A RARE MOLDED WHITE-GLAZED BEAKER VASE, GU
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD

Of slender, elegant proportions, superbly decorated in high relief on the flaring neck with large sprays of peony growing from pierced rockwork, a pair of phoenix hovering above, the spreading foot similarly decorated with the 'Three Friends' growing from rockwork and grassy tufts, the central knop with a pair of chilong alternating with a single lingzhi spray, with finely incised details, all under a satiny, milk-white glaze with a faint bluish tinge (star crack to base, rim chip)
17 3/8in. (44cm.) high

Provenance

Yamanaka & Co., April, 1935
Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

It is more usual to find vases of this form and type using a combination of underglaze-red, underglaze-blue and celadon glazes to highlight the molded or carved decoration, rather than being in monochrome. For a celadon-glazed example with decoration of landscapes and chilong, see Frances Klapthor, Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1993, no. 38