Asian Art - 14th November 2017
Lot 91
A CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU 'CARP' VASE KANGXI 1662-1722 Decorated with four iron-red...
Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £17000
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Description
A CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU 'CARP' VASE
KANGXI 1662-1722
Decorated with four iron-red carp amongst gilt fish and aquatic plants, with shou characters and flyfots to the neck, 46cm.
Cf. J Ayres, The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Vol.4, no.A559. Similar vases are also in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. See W B Honey, Guide to Later Chinese Porcelain, p.50, pl.85.