A DEHUA BALUSTER VASE
THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST COLLECTOR
A DEHUA BALUSTER VASE

17TH-18TH CENTURY

Details
A DEHUA BALUSTER VASE
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The slender vase is incised with a lotus group on one side and a peony spray on the other, and the gently flaring neck is carved with a sinuous chilong gripping a lingzhi fungus spray in its mouth. The vase is covered overall with a creamy glaze which continues into the interior.
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high
Provenance
A. W. Bahr (1877–1959) Collection.
Private West Coast collection, acquired before 1964, and thence by descent.
Literature
A. W. Bahr, Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China; Being Description and Illustrations of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in Shanghai, November, 1908, London, 1911, p. 55, pl. XIV.
Exhibited
Shanghai, North-China branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1908.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon, 1964.

More from Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art

View All
View All