Asian Art I - 17th May 2016
Lot 193
A RARE CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER RED YEN YEN VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 The body decorated...
Estimate £4,000 - £6,000 | Hammer £3300
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Description
A RARE CHINESE UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND COPPER RED YEN YEN VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
The body decorated with two large shaped cartouches, each containing a ferocious Buddhist lion dog, divided by smaller panels painted with landscapes, the neck with rectangular panels containing birds in flight above flowering peony, a band of stylized dragons to the shoulder, all reserved on a dense shagreen-like ground between borders of key fret and ruyi-heads, 44.8cm.
Provenance: a private collection, Holland Park, London.