A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The compressed globular body and tall neck are decorated with a bold design of leafy chrysanthemum scroll set between diaper borders, above a band of leaf tips encircling the spreading foot.
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high

Provenance

Private collection, United States, late 19th/early 20th century, and thence by descent within the family.

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Lot Essay

A very similar vase, from the collection of Leonard Gow, is illustrated in the catalogue of The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 1800. See, also, a pair in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, illustrated by W.E. Cox in The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, vol. I, New York, 1944, p. 543, fig. 778.

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