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Lot 168

A CHINESE CYLINDRICAL VASE

the porcelain Jingdezhen circa 1720, enamelling added in Holland, circa 1725-30, of rouleau form, with short trumpet neck, decorated all over with carved lotus scroll pattern under the glaze and with brown glazed rim, the decoration in the Kakiemon style, a maned dragon alternating with a phoenix above a flowering branch on each side, scrolling chrysanthemum foliage in turquoise and three gilt flowers, on a red ground around the shoulder, the neck with two flowering branches, 27.5cm high

Condition Report: click here
Estimate: £400 - £600
Hammer price: £800
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

Provenance: Stockspring 29/4/1988 no. 20.


Literature: Illustrated by Helen Espir “European Decoration on Chinese Porcelain”, p.81, fig.12 . 


Exhibited: "Porcelain for Palaces" at the British Museum, 1990, no. 268.


There is a large area of restoration to the rim (broken and re-glued) and an area of retouching visible under blue light (please see additional images). otherwise no obvious signs of damage or restoration .

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