A RARE AND LARGE UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND COPPER-RED DECORATED VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

superbly potted, the rounded sides sweeping to a waisted neck and everted rim, all raised on a splayed base, the body finely painted in a vivid cobalt blue and crimson red with two registers of shaped reserves enclosing scholarly scenes of idyllic retreats depicting pavilions nestled among trees and towering rockwork, fishermen poling their sampans through placid waters, sweeping vistas of flowering plants and trees amid imposing boulders along a shoreline with mountains in the distance, divided by raised single-line filets, the shoulder applied to either side with a molded butterfly-form handle, the neck with two stylized shou characters below a chevron band, all against a rich cobalt-blue diaper ground strewn with copper-red florets
Height 19 1/4 in., 48.8 cm

Provenance:
Christie's New York, 6th November 1980, lot 386.