Lot 359
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AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI DOUBLE-GOURD VASE

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AN UNUSUAL DOUCAI DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
KANGXI

Decorated allover with boys at various pursuits, with scenes of older boys on the lower bulb, one group listening to a boy playing the qin, others playing ge and another group seated around a table conversing, the upper bulb depicting young boys holding a playful procession while three older boys look on, with a double circle in underglaze blue on the base, small ground kiln flaw--13 7/8 in. (35.2cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Compare a similarly decorated doucai double-gourd vase, slightly larger, bearing a Jiajing four-character mark but dated to the Yongzheng period, illustrated by W.G. Gullard, Chinese Porcelain, vol. II, no. 669