KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASES AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each painted in rich tones of underglaze blue with large panels variously decorated with landscape scenes, mythical beasts, 'antiques', and a lotus pond, all reserved on a ground of scattered flowers, and between narrow foliate borders below the flared unglazed mouth rim and on the rounded foot rim, and repeated on the edge of the shallow domed cover further decorated with demi-lotus and a petal collar below the knop, with a double circle on the base
21½ and 21¼ in. (54.6 and 54 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

It is extremely rare to find beaker vases with matching covers. A smaller pair of beaker vases with covers, decorated with shaped panels containing floral motifs, is illustrated in E. Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelain and Hard Stones, London, 1911, pl. 147.

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