KANGXI (1662-1722)

Details

A PAIR OF SMALL WHITE-GLAZED VASES, ZUN
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Of archaic zun shape, the exterior of each crisply moulded with taotie masks below a band of birds and leaves containing phoenix around the flaring rim, covered in an even white glaze
4 13/16 in. (12.2 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

K. W. W-B Collection, no. 217
E. T. Hall Collection, nos. 366 and 370

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Lot Essay

Compare a white-glazed zhi-shaped vase in the Baur Collection, also with moulded decoration in this distinctive style, illustrated by John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics. Volume Three. Monochrome-glazed Porcelains of the Ch'ing Dynasty , Geneva, 1972, no. A 417.

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