A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE

TRANSITIONAL C.1640

The exterior painted with a continuous scene depicting a king and his attendants greeting a wise old man in a rocky landscape, all below a finely incised foliate band, the short neck decorated with pendant leaves, 26cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, West Sussex, purchased from Christie's London on 9th July 1985, lot 10.