Lot Essay
For a closely related vase see Geng Baochang, Ming Qing Ciqi Jianding, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 92, fig. 341. Refer, also, to W.B. Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1927, pl. 26
Details
A CARVED BLUE AND WHITE AND CELADON-GLAZED YENYEN VASE
KANGXI
The sides carved with a blossoming magnolia tree, the trunk and branches in pale blue, the blossoms reserved in white against shaded areas of underglaze blue, adjacent to rockwork picked out in pale celadon, additional sprays of roses growing to one side painted in blue (star crack to side, rim chip)
17¼in. (43.9cm.) high
KANGXI
The sides carved with a blossoming magnolia tree, the trunk and branches in pale blue, the blossoms reserved in white against shaded areas of underglaze blue, adjacent to rockwork picked out in pale celadon, additional sprays of roses growing to one side painted in blue (star crack to side, rim chip)
17¼in. (43.9cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III