A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 19 cm; 7 ½ in
Of globular form with a tall flaring neck issuing from a moulded ridge, the body moulded in sections with on each moulded panel a tall flowering branch, the shoulder with...
Of globular form with a tall flaring neck issuing from a moulded ridge, the body moulded in sections with on each moulded panel a tall flowering branch, the shoulder with a band painted with small leaved branches and stylised flowers, small stylised flowers below the ridge with iznik-like flowers issuing above it onto the neck and finished with a chevron band around the rim, the slightly recessed and stepped foot glazed on the base and painted in the centre with a single small leaf.
Literature
For an example of the same shape but with a different decoration and without the moulded body see Anita Gray, A Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, Vol III., p 33, no. 30b.
