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ANOTHER PROPERTY
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
Details
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-GOURD VASE
Of double-gourd form and with a pair of ruyi-scepter handles, the vase is raised on a rectangular foot and decorated in underglaze blue on either side of the flattened lower body with a pair of descending dragons flanking a shou character, their long, curling tails trailing up onto the neck on either side of a bat. The vase is further decorated with a narrow ruyi border at the mouth. The base is inscribed with a Jiaqing seal mark in underglaze blue.
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Of double-gourd form and with a pair of ruyi-scepter handles, the vase is raised on a rectangular foot and decorated in underglaze blue on either side of the flattened lower body with a pair of descending dragons flanking a shou character, their long, curling tails trailing up onto the neck on either side of a bat. The vase is further decorated with a narrow ruyi border at the mouth. The base is inscribed with a Jiaqing seal mark in underglaze blue.
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Private collection, Westchester, New York, acquired c. 1970-71.
Brought to you by
Michael Bass