A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE

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A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
KANGXI

Painted in bright, rich tones of underglaze blue with panels of blossoming branches issuing from pierced rocks, framed on the sides by a diaper ground and above and below by large ruyi heads filled with chrysanthemum scroll, with bands of florettes on the rounded foot rim and below the mouth rim, the interior of the mouth encircled by a band of pine boughs, double circle on the base--14in. (35.5cm.) high