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UNDERGLAZE-BLUE XUANDE MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE, KANGXI (1662-1722)
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A CARVED CELADON-GLAZED GU-SHAPED VASE
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE XUANDE MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE, KANGXI (1662-1722)
With a wide flaring mouth above a knopped mid-section and a spreading base, carved around the central knop with two chilong dragons in mutual pursuit, between two continuous riverscape scenes around the neck and base, covered on the exterior with a pale celadon glaze stopping neatly around the foot, the interior and base glazed white
18 1/8 in. (46.2 cm.) high
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE XUANDE MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE, KANGXI (1662-1722)
With a wide flaring mouth above a knopped mid-section and a spreading base, carved around the central knop with two chilong dragons in mutual pursuit, between two continuous riverscape scenes around the neck and base, covered on the exterior with a pale celadon glaze stopping neatly around the foot, the interior and base glazed white
18 1/8 in. (46.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Major M. H. Soames
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 523
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 523
Literature
Iron in the fire, Oriental Ceramic Society, Oxford, 1988, p. 76, no. 82
Exhibited
Oriental Ceramic Society, Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, no. 205
Oriental Ceramic Society, Iron in the Fire, Oxford, 1988, no. 82
Oriental Ceramic Society, Iron in the Fire, Oxford, 1988, no. 82
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