A Rare Pair of Large Chinese Imari Triple-Gourd Vases

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A Rare Pair of Large Chinese Imari Triple-Gourd Vases

KANGXI

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A Rare Pair of Large Chinese Imari Triple-Gourd Vases
Kangxi
The lower bulbs painted with alternating peony and iris plants, the middle bulbs with bouquets of chrysanthemum and nandina gathered together in a ribbon-tied gold cone, the upper bulbs painted with prunus branches pendent from a band of upright leaf tips encircling the waisted neck below a flared rim, all within narrow diaper borders and painted in underglaze blue, pale blue-green and yellow glaze, iron-red and gilding
283/8in. (72.1cm.) high (2)

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Tax exempt.

Lot Essay

Compare the vase of this unusual type and size illustrated by E. Zimmermann, Chinesisches Porzellan, vol. II, Leipzig, 1923, pl. 117 and another from the Grandidier collection in the Musée Guimet illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, Tokyo, 1981, vol. 7, pl. 55, where it is described as Japanese and attributed to the Edo period. See, also, the single vase from the Edward James Collection, West Dean Park, sold by Christie's at West Dean, England, 3-4 June 1986, lot 891.

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