Asian Art I - 17th May 2016

Lot 191

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU BEAKER VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted with many panels

Estimate £1,500 - £2,500 | Hammer £1500

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Description

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE GU BEAKER VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with many panels, containing mountainous landscapes, small figures in boats and flowering sprays of peony emerging from rocks, the flaring rim with a chevron band to the interior, the base with an artemesia leaf, 42.7cm.

Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London.

Cf. C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.100, no.90a, where a garniture with a comparable design is illustrated.