A BLUE AND WHITE CHINESE TRANSITIONAL VASE, Transitional 17th century
Height: 27cm; 10 ½ in
AY82
AY82
Further images
Of baluster form, boldly painted in underglaze blue with a scene set in a terraced landscape of a kylin, its fangs exposed, eyes piercing, its body scaly, mane flowing and...
Of baluster form, boldly painted in underglaze blue with a scene set in a terraced landscape of a kylin, its fangs exposed, eyes piercing, its body scaly, mane flowing and with a large bushy tail, above, the sun/moon in the sky, the scene bordered by mountains and pine and divided by plantain trees and stylised rockwork, the base unglazed.
Literature
For a similar example see A Catalogue of Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, no 3, compiled by Anita Gray, p. 29, plate 23, another similar example but with a ground neck is in the collection of Östasiatiska Muséet, Sweden, no OM-1987-0107, given to the museum by Juliane Scholander.
