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5012 | Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty A RARE SPLASHED BLUE GLAZED WITH GILT AND IRON-RED ‘FISH’ VASE

A RARE SPLASHED BLUE GLAZED WITH GILT AND IRON-RED ‘FISH’ VASE

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Size: H45cm

Signed and dated: Kangxi Period,Qing Dynasty

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Final Price: RMB 950,000



The cylindrical body was deftly painted in iron red and black enamels with four large finely detailed carp reserved on a powder-blue ground, amongst further gilt smaller carp and aquatic plants. The shoulder with four flowerheads framed in quatrefoil panels reserved on a diaper border. The neck with two striding three-clawed dragons in gilt, all framed by formal borders. The base was decorated with an underglaze-blue lingzhi head.

ILLUSTRATED
K. Rizk and C. Mahony, 17th and 18th Century Chinese Porcelain From Distinguished Private Collections, Chinese Porcelain Company, October 2000, p.125
Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, London, 1994-2010, vol.4, no.1726