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A large Chinese octagonal baluster jar and domed cover
painted with shaped panels of birds and butterflies in flight above peonies, hydrangea, prunus and chrysanthemums issuing from rockwork, all on a ground of scrolling foliage -- 25in. (63.5cm.) high, Kangxi, (neck cracked and with section broken and restuck, cover with finial restuck and chips to underside of rim).
See Colour Plate 98.
painted with shaped panels of birds and butterflies in flight above peonies, hydrangea, prunus and chrysanthemums issuing from rockwork, all on a ground of scrolling foliage -- 25in. (63.5cm.) high, Kangxi, (neck cracked and with section broken and restuck, cover with finial restuck and chips to underside of rim).
See Colour Plate 98.