CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)

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GRAND VASE BALUSTRE EN PORCELAINE BLEU BLANC
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE KANGXI (1662-1722)
La panse et le col décorés de huit chevaux représentés dans diverses postures et de deux grands pins, les deux anses en biscuit non émaillé, à têtes de chimères supportant des anneaux mobiles, la base rehaussée d'un double cercle bleu sous couverte ; petites sautes d'émail et petite égrenure à la bordure
Hauteur: 46,5 cm (18¼ in.)

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A LARGE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Lot Essay

See a very similar blue and white vase from the Edward T. Chow collection, illustrated in R. Krahl, Chinese Ceramics in the Meiyintang Collection, vol.2, p.115, pl.743. The vase, dated early 18th century, is decorated with ladies on a balustraded terrace, the neck is enhanced with two curved handles in shape of animal heads holding movable rings. The vase is glazed but the handles and rings were left in the biscuit such as on the present lot. In the caption, the author explains that the unglazed ring handles were probably once gilded and refers to a similar example in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, illustrated in Hobson 1915, vol.II, pl.92, fig.2
See also a pair of blue and white Kangxi vases with gilded handles illustrated in L'Odyssée de la Porcelaine Chinoise, Novembre 2003 - Octobre 2004, p.143, pl.81

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