A RARE DOUCAI-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A RARE DOUCAI-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Finely decorated with the Three Star Gods, Shoulao, Fuxing and Luxing, and young boys with a large plantain tree and a crane on the reverse, all reserved on a rich powder-blue ground further decorated with meandering gilt scrolls
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar rouleau vase decorated in coloured 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.

Compare also a nearly identical pair of doucai-decorated powder-blue-ground rouleau vases sold in our New York Rooms, 19 September 2007, lot 332.

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