A CHINESE WUCAI BALUSTER VASE AND COVER, Shunzhi, c. 1644-1661
Height: 35cms, 13.75 ins
BJ56
BJ56
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The ovoid body rising to a waisted neck with lipped rim, brightly and boldly painted to the exterior in underglaze cobalt blue and red, green, yellow, and aubergine overglaze enamels...
The ovoid body rising to a waisted neck with lipped rim, brightly and boldly painted to the exterior in underglaze cobalt blue and red, green, yellow, and aubergine overglaze enamels with flowering camellia branches issuing from jagged rocks and long-tailed birds perched on or in flight the neck similarly decorated and the shoulder, the flat base unglazed, the domed cover similarly decorated floral blooms, the bud finial in underglaze blue.
