CHINA, EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

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A DEHUA HIGH-SHOULDERED VASE
CHINA, EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Covered overall with a creamy white glaze and applied with a chilong grasping a long leafy branch encircling the tall waisted neck
8 in. (23 cm.) high, wood stand

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Lot Essay

Similar examples of this elegant form can be found in several museum collections including the Rijksmuseum (Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 242, no. 276); and in the Baur Collection (John Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, vol. II, Geneva, 1969, no. A 262). See, also, the example illustrated by P. J. Donnelly, Blanc de Chine, New York, 1969, pl. 49 C, and also the similar vase with a taller neck illustrated ibid., col. pl. D.

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