KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE PAIR OF DOUCAI-DECORATED POWDER BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASES
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each decorated with a scene of the Three Star Gods, Shoulao, Fuxing and Luxing, and young boys, on both Fuxing (god of Rank and Wealth) holds a ruyi scepter and Luxing (god of Blessings) holds a young boy who reaches towards Shoulao (god of Longevity) who holds a peach on one vase and a staff on the other vase, with a banana tree and a crane on the reverse, all in underglaze blue and a doucai palette reserved on a powder-blue ground enriched in gilding with flower scroll, with a decorative band on the shoulder and shou characters on the neck
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high, boxes (2)

Lot Essay

Compare the very similar rouleau vase decorated in colored enamels with the Three Star Gods reserved on a powder-blue ground enriched with gilt floral scroll, illustrated by S.W. Bushell, Ceramic Art, Illustrated Examples From the Collection of W. T. Walters, New York, 1980 ed., p. 186, fig. 244.

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