An underglaze-blue and copper-red decorated v ...
An underglaze-blue and copper-red decorated vase. Kangxi period (1662-1722)
A square vase with cylindrical flaring neck, decorated in underglaze-blue and copper-red with herons above a lotus pond, further bird couples by flowering plum and prunus trees, and butterflies by chrysanthemums growing near a rock, the flat shoulder with four flower sprays and the neck with branches of bamboo. Lozenge mark to base.
Height 49.5 cm
** Provenance
Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired in the Netherlands in the early 1930s
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An underglaze-blue and copper-red decorated vase. Kangxi period (1662-1722)
A square vase with cylindrical flaring neck, decorated in underglaze-blue and copper-red with herons above a lotus pond, further bird couples by flowering plum and prunus trees, and butterflies by chrysanthemums growing near a rock, the flat shoulder with four flower sprays and the neck with branches of bamboo. Lozenge mark to base.
Height 49.5 cm
** Provenance
Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired in the Netherlands in the early 1930s