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A CATALOGUE OF
No. 4
Blue and White Bottle, cabinet size, pear shape, with long neck, of fine
hard-paste porcelain with pellucid texture.
The decoration, painted under a perfect glaze, in brilliant cobalt-blue, consists in the
so-called " fan pattern " together with other panels showing symbolic and gift objects
these are arranged in six separate vertically formed panels, the fan-shaped medallions
displaying varying subjects carefully rendered, including figures with interior or landscape
accessories.
The neck is encircled at shoulder, center, and rim by a small " herring-bone "-fret
border, from which spring foliated deteiils in arabesque form and conventional lotus
leaves in blue with white stems and outlines.
Underneath foot is white, without mark.
Era of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 10 inches.
Diameter, 4'/2 inches.
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