Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 87
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' BALUSTER VASE
Estimate £5,000 - £7,000 | Hammer £5500
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Description
A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'MYTHICAL BEASTS' BALUSTER VASE
SHUNZHI 1644-61
Painted with a qilin, lion dog and third creature, possibly a xiezhi, they sit in a landscape amidst rocks and plantain, with mountainous peaks rising from a river in the distance, the short neck decorated with a band of leaves, 27.5cm.
Provenance: acquired in the 1980s.