KANGXI

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A fine pair of blue and white pear-shaped bottle vases
Kangxi
Painted in cobalt blue with Symbols suspending from tasselled ribbons from a ruyi- and scroll-pattern band round the shoulder, the tapering neck with keyfret-pattern ovals between horizontal zigzag- and scroll borders, restoration to the rims
29 cm. high (2)

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Lot Essay

In the collection of the Rijksmuseum, there are 5 identical vases. One example is illustrated in C. Jörg and J. van Kampen, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1997, p. 108, fig. 103.

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