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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE MOLDED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Well painted in bright shades of underglaze blue, the lower bulb is decorated with six scenes of animals including a monkey, a buck deer, rams, and a lion, all within mountainous landscapes and within petal-shaped key-fret borders separated by flower heads above and various decorative borders below. The upper bulb is decorated with four scenes of birds within similar borders, and the long neck with vertical floral sprays and a variety of trees. The base is decorated with a lingzhi mark within a double circle.
17 1/8 in. (43.4 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Well painted in bright shades of underglaze blue, the lower bulb is decorated with six scenes of animals including a monkey, a buck deer, rams, and a lion, all within mountainous landscapes and within petal-shaped key-fret borders separated by flower heads above and various decorative borders below. The upper bulb is decorated with four scenes of birds within similar borders, and the long neck with vertical floral sprays and a variety of trees. The base is decorated with a lingzhi mark within a double circle.
17 1/8 in. (43.4 cm.) high
Provenance
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York, November 1999.
Imperial Oriental Art, New York, November 1999.
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