Asian Art I - 16th May 2017

Lot 73

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YEN YEN VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted in bright underglaze blue with...

Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £6800

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Description

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YEN YEN VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted in bright underglaze blue with four deer and four cranes in a rocky landscape, the rim and foot with dentil bands, 46.5cm.

Cf. Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci, pp.476-477, nos.307 and 308 and also C Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, p.98 no.88 for similar vases.