Blue and White Gu-Form Vase with Mask and Ring Handles
A Chinese porcelain vase with a lobed body, decorated in underglaze blue with ladies and boys at play in a garden among rockwork and flowering prunus. Pavilions and towers rise above them on scrolling clouds, and floral sprays decorate the neck. It has a pair of mask and ring handles in the biscuit, contrasting with the glazed body. The base bears an artemisia leaf mark in underglaze blue. China, Qing Dynasty.
H 11 in.
Condition
Overall excellent, minor imperfections commensurate with age, see images.
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A Chinese porcelain vase with a lobed body, decorated in underglaze blue with ladies and boys at play in a garden among rockwork and flowering prunus. Pavilions and towers rise above them on scrolling clouds, and floral sprays decorate the neck. It has a pair of mask and ring handles in the biscuit, contrasting with the glazed body. The base bears an artemisia leaf mark in underglaze blue. China, Qing Dynasty.
H 11 in.
Condition
Overall excellent, minor imperfections commensurate with age, see images.
Estimate
Reserve
Time, Location
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