Blue and White Kangxi Period 1662-1722 - Vases - Page 1

Objects 2010569 and 2012067

Two bottle vases

China

c.1700

2010569: height 80 mm (3.15 inch), diameter 51 mm (2.01 inch), diameter of mouthrim 10 mm (0.39 inch), diameter of footring 23 mm (0.91 inch), weight 63 grams (2.22 ounce (oz.))

2012067: height 79 mm (3.11 inch), diameter 52 mm (2.05 inch), diameter of mouthrim 9 mm (0.35 inch), diameter of footring 21 mm (0.83 inch), weight 69 grams (2.43 ounce (oz.))

Two bottle vases on footrings, compressed globular bodies surmounted by tall narrow cylindrical necks. Decorated in underglaze blue with a bird in flight below sprays of plum blossom, round the foot a band of ascending lotus petals in low relief.

For a similarly decorated, bottle vases, please see:

Conditions:

2010569: A tiny (restored) frit to the rim, a frit to the inner footring and some spots on the body caused by popped bubbles of glaze during the firing process.

2012067: A firing flaw to the inner footring.

Reference:

SKD Online collection.

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