A DOCUMENTARY BLUE AND WHITE VASE painted with a courtly scene and trees, an inscription on one side (neck reduced), dated a winter month in the dingyou year of Kangxi, corresponding to AD 1717 and of the period

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A DOCUMENTARY BLUE AND WHITE VASE painted with a courtly scene and trees, an inscription on one side (neck reduced), dated a winter month in the dingyou year of Kangxi, corresponding to AD 1717 and of the period
27.3cm. high

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The inscription loosely translates as follows:
"A pair of flower vases offered to the image of the deity of the old temple at Shuikou by Ting Bi of Tingshou Village, Linchuan county, and his brothers Ting Gui and Ting Jing and their mother Madam Huang; praying that He may protect the family and keep it pure and prosperous, and that He may ensure that all our endeavours will have fruitful results".

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