Vase en porcelaine bleu blanc Dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722)

de forme balustre, la panse décorée d'un dragon à la poursuite de la perle enflammée ; avec un plat en porcelaine bleu blanc au même décor (2)

Acquired from Bernheimer, Munich, in the 1960s.
Thence in the family by descent.

The vase is in overall good condition. There are two ca. 1cm and 0.5cm large glaze imperfections near the foot and several small firing flaws to the foot and glazed base. There are scattered pin-point iron imperfections across the shoulder and one side of the body and inside the neck. The blue is of a richer, less violett tone than the catalogue illustration suggests. The dish is in overall very good condition with a small, ca. 1cm large glaze pull to the exterior and several pin-point imperfections to the interior. The blue is of a richer tone than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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