A blue and white tall slender vase Kangxi
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A fine blue and white tall slender baluster vase
Kangxi
Boldly potted with a flaring neck, the body and neck painted with rectangular panels of four different fierce mythical beasts surrounded by a dense circle and dot pattern, divided by bands of zigzag motif and above a row of pendent ruyi-heads around the foot.
44.8cm (17 5/8in) high
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
CNY 94,000 - 140,000
HK$ 120,000 - 180,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Sotheby's London, 17 November 1999, lot 916
    The Inder Rieden Collection

    A vase of similar form in the body and neck but with a shorter foot and depicting slightly different scenes was sold at Sotheby's London, 10 November 2010, lot 86.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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