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A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE
MOULDED VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The exterior is painted in underglaze blue
with roundels of coiled dragons amidst
cloud scrolls, reserved on a white ground
moulded with dense scrolling peony flowers
and leaves. The base bears double circles in
underglaze blue.

17¬ in. (44.8 cm.) high, stand

HK$500,000-700,000
US$65,000-91,000

This type of Kangxi vases with a moulded
floral ground appears to be very rare. Other
vase shapes with similar dense peony
ground include gu and beaker forms.
Compare to a gu-form vase of similar size
and colour, but decorated with shaped
panels of landscape and domestic scenes,
sold at Sotheby’s London, 12 July 2006,
lot 630.

A beaker vase bearing figural roundels
in underglaze blue and copper red,
but reserved on a celadon moulded
ground, was sold at Christie’s New York,
19 September 2006, lot 286. A set of
five-piece garniture in the collection of
Augustus the Strong, including two of
these celadon vases, was illustrated by Eva
Strober, La maladie de porcelain, Leipzig,
2001, no. 46, pp. 108 and 109.

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