Lot 105
105
A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
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A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

KANGXI (1662-1722)

Details
A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
Kangxi (1662-1722)
The lower body delicately enamelled with roundels enclosing 'The Three Friends of Winter', pine, prunus and bamboo, alternating with tasseled pendants and floral beaded foliate motifs, the spandrels with auspicious emblems below a skirt of ruyi lappets enclosing chrysanthemum motifs, below a band of chrysanthemum on a dense foliage ground painted in reserve, the upper body with chrysanthemums suspended on beaded ribbons alternating with lotus sprays below a similar ruyi collar and chrysanthemum band, below upright stiff leaves around the neck
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high
Provenance
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York
Mary Porter Walsh, sold Christie's New York, 21 March 2000, lot 363
Special notice
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Lot Essay

See the related vase exhibited Ancient Chinese Trade Ceramics from the British Museum, 1994, National Museum of History, Taipei, no.72; another from the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated by S. W. Bushell, Chinese Art, vol.2, London, 1924, fig.38; and another illustrated by R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, London, 1986, Vol.III, p.1193, no.2923.

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