Lot Essay
A similar jar without a cover is illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in The Tectus Collection of Chinese Ceramics, 1991, pp. 208-9, no. 81.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
THREE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
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THREE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Comprising a pair of vases painted with deer below gnarled pine trees, all within a continuous rocky landscape, a crane in flight above amidst trailing clouds, and with a pendent ruyi border encircling the necks; the single larger vase with a similar design of a moonlit landscape with two prancing deer beneath towering pine trees, a crane above, with a narrow band of clouds within line borders around the base of the neck, the covers all similarly decorated with cranes in flight alternating with clouds, above pine branches on the flattened rim
15¾ in. (39.9 cm.) and 16¾ in. (42.4 cm.) high (3)
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Comprising a pair of vases painted with deer below gnarled pine trees, all within a continuous rocky landscape, a crane in flight above amidst trailing clouds, and with a pendent ruyi border encircling the necks; the single larger vase with a similar design of a moonlit landscape with two prancing deer beneath towering pine trees, a crane above, with a narrow band of clouds within line borders around the base of the neck, the covers all similarly decorated with cranes in flight alternating with clouds, above pine branches on the flattened rim
15¾ in. (39.9 cm.) and 16¾ in. (42.4 cm.) high (3)