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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 25
Powder-blue Vase, tall cylindrical form, with sloping shoulders, and at-
tenuated and slightly flaring neck (so-called club shape), of fine white
hard-textured paste, with a brilliant blue souffle glaze, varied by a series
of panels reserved in white, and separately painted in polychrome colors
(over the glaze), in the "famille verte" variety.
The four largest panels surrounding the body of the vase are upright, and each dis-
plays a flowering plant symbolizing its season of the year; four small square-shaped
panels with mverted corners on the shoulder also hold floral subjects on a white ground.
mThe neck shows three panels oblong shape, with flowers and insects.
The specimen throughout is of high quality and shows its period, K'ang-hsi ( 1 662-
1722).
White glazed foot, without mark.
Height, 1 7 inches.
Diameter, 7 '/2 inches.
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