KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED BEAKER VASE, GU
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is decorated in four registers in vivid tones of cobalt blue with twenty-four lappet-form panels moulded in relief enclosing a variety of mountainous and river landscapes with equestrian warriors, fishermen in boats, scholars in conversation or riding, playing the qin and walking, all divided by geometric borders and flowers sprays. The base has a leaf mark within a double ring.
17 ¼ in. (43.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Collection of Bertil J. Hogstrom, Stockholm, Sweden, Collection no. 19.
With S. Marchant & Son, 15 December 1970.
Christie's London, 5 October 1970, lot 42
The Collection of Captain W. R. Clarke

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Lot Essay

A pair of gu-form vases of this height and with leaf-shaped panels of ladies is illustrated by Anthony du Boulay in The Taft Museum, It's History and Collections, ed. Edward J. Sullivan,1995, Vol. II, p.583, no.1931.188.190

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