Lot 10: A VIBRANT BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOTTLE VASE Kangxi

A VIBRANT BLUE AND WHITE 'LOTUS' BOTTLE VASE

Kangxi

Of slightly compressed globular form on a tall spreading foot, the body painted in vivid lapis-blue tones with three equally spaced lotus flowers encircled by leafy stems, surmounted by a tall slender cylindrical neck painted with an upright plantain-leaf collar below petal and classic scroll bands below the rim, the tall spreading foot with dappled markings.


6 1/4in (15.9cm) high

Generally, in excellent overall condition. Highly recommended.

清康熙 青花蕉葉蓮花紋長頸荸薺扁瓶



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York

Purchase by subscription, 1879

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present




來源：

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約

會費購藏，1879 年

大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今



Compare with a similar pair of blue and white 'lotus' vases, Kangxi, illustrated by A. du Boulay,
The Taft Museum: Its History and Collections, Vol.II, New York, 1995, p.590, no.1931.61,63.

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