AN UNUSUAL CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE VASE, 万历年间 (1573 – 1619)
Height: 28 cm; 11in
Of elegant pear form with a slender waisted neck and garlic mouth, decorated in underglaze blue, with a dignitary attended by servants in a mountainous landscape; the garlic mouth decorated...
Of elegant pear form with a slender waisted neck and garlic mouth, decorated in underglaze blue, with a dignitary attended by servants in a mountainous landscape; the garlic mouth decorated with overlapping lotus petals.
Literature
For a very similar example, see the example discussed in 'Transitional Wares and their Forerunners', Catalogue of the exhibition by the Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong and the Urban Council, Hong Kong, at the Hong Kong Museum of Art 1981, published OCS Hong Kong 1981, plate 40, page 100.
