Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 75
A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Painted in bright underglaze cobalt...
Estimate £15,000 - £20,000
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A RARE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE OVOID VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Painted in bright underglaze cobalt blue with three lion dogs chasing brocade balls entangled in ribbons, the base of the neck with a border of ruyi-heads, 45cm.
Cf. Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghua Ci, p.399, no.256 for a related example but decorated with a dragon in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing.