A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASES, Kangxi (1662 - 1722)
Height: 23cm; 9 ins.
BG67 BG68
BG67 BG68
Further images
The rounded bodies with long necks and slightly flaring rims, each painted around the exterior in vivid hues of blue with two quatrefoil shaped panels containing the 'hundred antiques', viz,...
The rounded bodies with long necks and slightly flaring rims, each painted around the exterior in vivid hues of blue with two quatrefoil shaped panels containing the 'hundred antiques', viz, antique vessels, books and vases, on a ground of white on blue cash diaper, the tall slender necks painted with further panels of birds in flight and plants on a ground of lozenge shapes containing flower heads, the bases glazed.
Literature
For an almost identical single vase see, Krahl and Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, London 1986, volume 111, p.1016, pl. 2170
