Lot Essay
Compare a pair of celadon vases in similar shape and size to the present lot, but decorated with peony scrolls, sold in these Rooms on 19 June 2001, lot 360.
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KANGXI (1662-1722)
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A PAIR OF CELADON-GLAZED GLOBULAR BOTTLE VASES
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each supported on a circular foot-rim, and with a slender cylindrical neck, carved and incised around the body with a continuous design of scrolling lingzhi foliage inhabited by two striding chilong, below a band of upright overlapping foliate lappets above a narrow chevron border, the exterior of the mouth rim edged with ruyi lappets, all under an even pale green glaze stopping neatly around the foot rim, the interior and base glazed white, the base with an underglaze blue double circle
16½ in. (41.9 cm.) and 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high (2)
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each supported on a circular foot-rim, and with a slender cylindrical neck, carved and incised around the body with a continuous design of scrolling lingzhi foliage inhabited by two striding chilong, below a band of upright overlapping foliate lappets above a narrow chevron border, the exterior of the mouth rim edged with ruyi lappets, all under an even pale green glaze stopping neatly around the foot rim, the interior and base glazed white, the base with an underglaze blue double circle
16½ in. (41.9 cm.) and 16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Alfred Morrison Collection
Fonthill Heirlooms labels, no. 276
Fonthill Heirlooms labels, no. 276
Special notice
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