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QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
Details
A BLUE AND WHITE ‘THREE FRIENDS’ GU-FORM VASE
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to the globular body in vibrant cobalt blue with a continuous scene depicting the ‘three friends of winter’, including pine trees, prunus and bamboo. This is similarly decorated on the wide flaring neck.
15 in. (38.2 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY, 17TH-18TH CENTURY
The vase is decorated to the globular body in vibrant cobalt blue with a continuous scene depicting the ‘three friends of winter’, including pine trees, prunus and bamboo. This is similarly decorated on the wide flaring neck.
15 in. (38.2 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1990s