Asian Art I - 18th May 2011

Lot 424

A large Chinese blue and white rouleau vase Kangxi 1662-1722

Estimate £4,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £9000

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Description

A large Chinese blue and white rouleau vase Kangxi 1662-1722, painted with a scholar crossing a rocky causeway, and with a figure seated near the window of a house nestled beneath mountains, trees, migrating birds and the moon, small rim frits and a small hairline to the neck, 44.3cm. Cf. Chen Ren Min, The Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period and the Kangxi Period, Underglaze Blue, The Gugong Collection, no.290, p.447 for a similar vase.