A blue and white square jar and a cover Kangxi
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A blue and white square jar and a cover
Kangxi
The straight sides painted in blues of varying tone with panels depicting a dancing lady, a lady and attendants on horseback approaching a standing figure, a messenger kneeling on a rug before a lady and a general with soldiers and servants proffering a cup, each within a simple cross-hatched border.
33cm (13in) high (2).
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Christie's London, 13 May 1996, lot 68
    The Inder Rieden Collection

    See the similar jar and cover illustrated by D.F.Lunsingh Scheurleer, Chinese Export Porcelain - Chine de Commande, London, 1974, p.218, no.150

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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