Lot 5: A BLUE AND WHITE 'LADIES AND FLOWERS' VASE Kangxi

A BLUE AND WHITE 'LADIES AND FLOWERS' VASE

Kangxi

Of elegant baluster form, painted around the exterior in vibrant tones of cobalt blue with honeycomb panels each containing ladies in balustraded gardens variously with potted flowers, the mouth rim with a band of floral sprays, a
yu (jade) mark to base.


8 1/8in (20.6cm) high

Generally, in good overall condition save for a fine small hairline to neck (3cm). Well painted and vibrant shaded tones.

清康熙 青花仕女花卉圖瓶

青花 「玉」字雙圈楷書款



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York

Purchase by subscription, 1879

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1879-present




來源：

Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904)，紐約

會費購藏，1879 年

大都會藝術博物館，1879 年迄今



For a slightly more slender example of similar design of panels of ladies and jardinieres, see Anthony du Boulay (Ed.),
The Taft Museum, Its History and Collections, New York, 1995, p. 585, no. 1931.189.

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