A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' BALUSTER VASE

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' BALUSTER VASE

QING DYNASTY OR LATER

The tapering body painted with a continuous scene of warriors and figures carrying banners below a layer of swirling mist, with a border of ruyi-head shaped panels enclosing flowerheads and tendrils, the short waisted neck decorated with blossoming flower branches, 44.3cm.

Provenance: from a private collection, Cambridgeshire.