A WHITE-GLAZED MOLDED SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN 'GARLIC HEAD' BOTTLE VASE
A WHITE-GLAZED MOLDED SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN 'GARLIC HEAD' BOTTLE VASE

18TH CENTURY

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A WHITE-GLAZED MOLDED SOFT-PASTE PORCELAIN 'GARLIC HEAD' BOTTLE VASE
18TH CENTURY
The vase is finely molded on the body with a continuous band of composite flower scroll below bands of plantain leaves and key-fret at the shoulder, and above chrysanthemum petals above the foot, all below a garlic-head-form mouth surrounded by ruyi-heads.
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937) Collection, Chicago, before 1924.
The Art Institute of Chicago, accessioned as the Collection of Lucy Maud Buckingham (1870-1920) in 1924.
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