Lot Essay
Compare a pair of similar vases illustrated by Zimmermann, Chinesisches Porzellan, vol. II, Leipzig, 1923, p. 110
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A FAMILLE VERTE TALL-NECKED BOTTLE VASE
CHENGHUA MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, KANGXI
Of slender pear shape, painted on the lower third of the body with breaking waves and rockwork centered by prunus blossoms, the gently slanting shoulder applied with an aubergine-glazed chilong, a faint halo of aubergine glaze visible in the white glaze around the chilong (restoration to head of the chilong)
8in. (20.3cm.) high
CHENGHUA MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE, KANGXI
Of slender pear shape, painted on the lower third of the body with breaking waves and rockwork centered by prunus blossoms, the gently slanting shoulder applied with an aubergine-glazed chilong, a faint halo of aubergine glaze visible in the white glaze around the chilong (restoration to head of the chilong)
8in. (20.3cm.) high
Provenance
Stephen Junkunc, III