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
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£400 - £600
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£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.
