KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A BLUE AND WHITE GILT-METAL MOUNTED 'TRIGRAM' VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
15 in. (38 cm.) high

Provenance

Sold at Christie’s London, 3 June 1897, lot 29 (sold for £9.9s. to Cooper)
The Collection of William James

Literature

West Dean Park, Inventory, 1894-1912. WDMS.

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Lot Essay

This current vase is unique in that the painter of the underglaze blue decoration has inserted spaces in the design of thevase and indicated with small dots where the gilt bronze handles should be applied after the firing of the porcelain.

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