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CHINESE PORCELAINS
No. 15
Blue and White Vase, cabinet size, cylindrical, with attenuated neck, of
fine hard-textured porcelain decorated in cobalt-blue under a pellucid
glazing.
The design consists in numerous bands, several of which are painted in blue scrolled
arabesques on a white ground; the others show blue groundwork with the designs in
reserve: i.e., in the band surrounding middle of vase, on which dragons are represented
with conventionalized flames or nebulae, the ground-color presents a clear vibrating blue,
and the pattern is sometimes designated as " dragon on band."
Four set foliated panels near shoulder inclose white arabesques that involve small
lotus flowers, surrounded by a free omamental motive, jointly forming a rich bordering.
A flowered chevron border also surrounds the shoulder and base, while the neck is
inclosed by palm leaves with penciled stems, the remaining portion of neck being white
two simple lines finish the under side of rim.
The foot underneath is marked by a double rim.
Its provenance is easily ascribable to the period of K'ang-hsi (1662-1722).
Height, 1 1 ' 6 inches.
Diameter, 4'/ 4 inches.
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