A FINE CHINESE BLUE & WHITE WINE EWER , Daoguang (1821 - 1850)
Height: 26 cm; 10 ins.
Of elegant pear-shaped form with a curved spout and broad strap handle, finely painted in underglaze blue with two barbed quatrefoil panels, one with grapes, the other with pomegranates, all...
Of elegant pear-shaped form with a curved spout and broad strap handle, finely painted in underglaze blue with two barbed quatrefoil panels, one with grapes, the other with pomegranates, all amidst a rich design of the Flowers of the Four Seasons (rose, peony, chrysanthemum and camellia).
Literature
For two prototypes of this design, which originated in the early Ming and was revived during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynsasty, see Krahl, Regina Chinese Ceramics in the Topkapi Saray Museum, Istanbul, vol. 2, London, 1986, pl 618 and ibid., vol 3, pl 2565.
