Lot 352
352
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A RARE CARVED BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE

Details
A RARE CARVED BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI

The sides carved with a blossoming prunus tree, the trunk and branches in pale blue and the blossoms reserved in white on shaded areas of underglaze blue, below a narrow band of pine needles encircling the high shoulder, the neck with similarly executed budding branches overlaid by a ribbed band, all within double-line borders, star cracks--17 3/8in. (44cm.) high
Provenance
Leonard Gow
Richard Bennett
Literature
Gorer, Catalogue of the Collection of Old Chinese Porcelains Formed by Richard Bennet Esq., 1911, vol. II, pl. 142 right

R.L. Hobson, Catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, 1931, col. pl. X
Exhibited
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London 1935-36, no. 1795

Lot Essay

Compare a similar vase illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu (revised edition), vol. 15, pl. 1

A vase of this type, decorated with magnolia, and once in the collection of J.P. Morgan, was sold in London, June 15, 1987, lot 48