KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A COPPER-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE-DECORATED BOTTLE VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The bulbous body is molded with vertical ribs and decorated with three roundels, two roundels with a phoenix and one roundel with a signature Qingyunju ya wan (elegant plaything of the dewlling place of blue sky) and two seals. The neck is encircled by a scaly three-clawed dragon, and the spreading foot by foaming waves. The base has an apocryphal Chenghua mark.
8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm.) high

Provenance

E. & J. Frankel, New York, 1985.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

A small underglaze-blue and copper-red-decorated vase, with an apocryphal Chenghua mark, and decorated with an identical single dragon encircling the neck, formerly from the Collection of Peter Tcherepnine was sold at Christie’s New York, 7-24 July 2020, lot 13.

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