A BLANC DE CHINE CYLINDRICAL CANISTER AND COVER

18TH CENTURY

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A BLANC DE CHINE CYLINDRICAL CANISTER AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
One side decorated in relief with a pair of birds perched in a blossoming prunus tree and on a tall rock, the reverse incised with a chrysanthemum plant and the cover with a fruiting and blossoming peach branch
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, stand

Lot Essay

For two canisters of this type see P.J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York/Washington, 1969, pl. 126 C, where they are described as exports to Europe, and dated 1675-1725. For very similar relief decoration see the vase illustrated by R.H. Blumenfield, Blanc de Chine: The Great Porcelain of Dehua, Berkeley/Toronto, 2002, p. 39 C.

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