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A PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE ‘PHOENIX HEAD’ EWERS, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, each
of the faceted bodies following a lozenge-form outline, rising from a barbed foot to a ridged neck and an inverted galleried mouth, the
tapering serpentine spout joined to the neck by phoenix heads in profile, painted in bright shades of cobalt blue with flowers and foliage
(2)
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞ఈ႐㟞ࡶృ㤞㟞ᐼ删仃ว̭ᄺ
Height 9¼ in., 23.5 cm
$ 6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Ewers of this form were originally inspired by Middle Eastern metal wares and were made for the export
market. They were meant to exist in pairs and were also created in the famille-verte palette. Compare a closely
related ewer from the Avery Brundage collection now at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, acc. no.
B60P249. A pair from the Grandidier collection, now at the Louvre museum, was paired with three blue and
white bottle vases to form an ad hoc garniture set and is illustrated in La Ceramique Chinoise: De l’epoque de
K’ang-Hi a nos jours, Paris, 1922, pl. 244.
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A BLUE AND WHITE BALUSTER VASE AND A COVER, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, the
elongated ovoid body rising from a flared foot to a waisted neck, painted with bright shades of cobalt blue with an elegant lady seated
with attendants about her, gaily observing a dancer and a band of musicians on a garden terrace with massive rockwork and palm fronds,
a canopy of scrolling clouds above, the neck with sprigs of leafy blossoms and the base with an artemesia leaf mark in underglaze blue
within a double circle, the domed and flared cover painted with ladies in a garden terrace and surmounted by a qilin-form knop (2)
⌲Ꮴ⛆ 䱿㟞Ђຠృ㻭䴠ᄷ䙺㧸
Height 19¾ in., 50 cm
$ 10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE ҳ⎽
Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York. Ralph M Chait Galleries喑㈽㈱
Blue and white vases from the Kangxi period with this particular subject were often acquired by western
collectors as parts of garniture sets. The scenes painted on this group of vessels are so closely related that
they were likely produced in the same workshop.
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