A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE MOULDED BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

The body of each moulded with vertical fluting between raised panels, painted to the exterior with flowerheads and buds growing amongst dense trails of fine leaves, with insects in flight amidst the design, the covers similarly decorated and with barbed rims, one vase with a geometric band encircling the mouthrim and with a paper label to the base reading 'Rue de l'Université, 34. Duvauchel. Magasin de Thés, Porcelaine de Chine, Eventails et Curiosités. Paris, 58cm. (4)

Cf. Christie's Amsterdam, 7th-8th April 1992 for related baluster vases from the Vung Tau Cargo; see also the porcelain collection of the Porzellansammlung for vases with comparable decoration in the Zwinger Palace, Dresden.