A LARGE GILT AND IRON-RED-DECORATED BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The baluster body decorated with three detached lotus and water weed sprays between a band of upright leaf tips below and a foliate-scroll filled ruyi collar on the shoulder, all between narrow borders of babao reserved on a diaper band, the tall neck with bulging center similarly decorated, with an iron-red mark within a blue double circle on the base
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high
Lot Essay
A vase of similar size and design from the Johanneum, Dresden, is illustrated by W. Bondy, Kang-Hsi, Munich, 1923, pl. 209.