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CHINESE PORCELAINS

No. 21

Tall Blue and White Vase, of graceful baluster form : massive hard
textured porcelain, decorated in very deep cobalt-blue, under the glaze,

in the so-called "tasseled" design.
The motive shows a senes of about eleven bands or borders, one above the other;
the principal one on lower section simulates fnnged tassels; a second border of sinular
design invests the neck, and below each of these are floral arabesque bamds; while the
base and shoulder sustain blue scalloped borders with outlines of separation in white

palmation form.

The neck also sustains two such broad borders, one of which connects at shoulder
with two small bands (m chevron and scalloped patterns), and the second is near the
rim, where it is finished by a small band of chevron fret; the inside is similarly treated,
with a small band at the edge.

The under foot is unglazed, and without a mark; its paste and color suggest early

K'ang-hsi, while the form and motive are those of em earher penod.
Height, 17^8 inches.
Diameter, 7^8 inches.

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