Lot Essay
A similar vase is illustrated by S. Jenyns, Later Chinese Porcelain, London, 1951, pl. XXI (2).
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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER-RED-DECORATED CELADON-GROUND BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
With a bow-string band encircling the neck, the body decorated in low relief in white slip and underglaze blue of bright tone on one side with a prunus tree growing behind a pierced rock, with birds perched in some of the branches while others are in flight above, a rose highlighted in copper red growing beside the rock, all reserved on a celadon ground, the rims and interior glazed white, with a double circle on the base
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
With a bow-string band encircling the neck, the body decorated in low relief in white slip and underglaze blue of bright tone on one side with a prunus tree growing behind a pierced rock, with birds perched in some of the branches while others are in flight above, a rose highlighted in copper red growing beside the rock, all reserved on a celadon ground, the rims and interior glazed white, with a double circle on the base
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Provenance
H.M. Knight Collection.
Eugene O. Perkins Collection; Christie's, New York, 2 June 1989, lot 26.
Eugene O. Perkins Collection; Christie's, New York, 2 June 1989, lot 26.
Literature
M. Beurdeley and G. Raindre, Qing Porcelain, London, 1986, p. 61, pl. 64.
Exhibited
S. Marchant and Son, London, Chinese Blue and White, Wan Li to Kang Hsi, London, 1981, no. 25.
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