KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Price Realised GBP 1,875

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A DEHUA VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Price Realised GBP 1,875

A DEHUA VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The slender vase is moulded on one side with a bird perched on a branch of flowering prunus and the reverse is incised with a spray of lilies. The shoulder is applied with a band of ruyi-heads and the body with a pair of lion-mask handles.
9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A sleeve vase with lion-mask handles but without the decoration, is illustrated by Rose Kerr & John Ayers, Blanc de Chine-porcelain from Dehua, Singapore 2002, nr. 69, which is dated to the mid-17th century. They state that archaic motifs like lion-mask handles appear frequently on Dehua vases and censers.