A Pair Of Chinese Blue and White Vases, Kangxi (1662 - 1722)
Height: 22.5cm; 8.9 ins.
Of bottle form, with stepped shoulder and flaring neck. The bulbous body moulded with eight petal shaped panels, the neck with a bulbous collar. Decorated in underglaze blue; each panel...
Of bottle form, with stepped shoulder and flaring neck. The bulbous body moulded with eight petal shaped panels, the neck with a bulbous collar. Decorated in underglaze blue; each panel with different flowers issuing from stylised rockwork and one with pomegranates, beneath a triangle-work diaper band; the shoulder with a continuous scrolling lotus pattern; the neck with three symbols - a stone chime, dragon pearl and mirror, beneath the collar decorated with diamond work diaper; the flaring upper neck with floral sprays and a triangle work band beneath the rim. The foot stepped and slightly flared. The base with a leaf emblem.
