A FINE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND WUCAI AND GILT ROULEAU VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the cylindrical form exquisitely decorated with four elongated quatrefoil reserves, each painted in underglaze-blue and wucai enamels, one with an assemblage of 'Precious Antiques', another with a pair of heron amidst lush lotus, a third with an auspicious depiction of a deer and crane beneath a towering pine tree, and a tranquil scene of a scholar and attendant traversing a stream, each flanked by smaller shaped-panels enclosing floral sprigs in iron red and blue, a gilt classic scroll border encircling the galleried rim, all against a finely mottled cobalt blue ground enhanced with bright, gilt floral sprays, coll. no. 1701 

Collection of Edward James (1907-1984), West Dean Park, Chichester, West Sussex.
Christie's London, 3rd June 1986, lot 846.
Sotheby's Monaco, 22nd June 1987, lot 1386.

Overall in good condition. Scattered burst bubbles and tiny iron spots visible mostly on the inner rim.
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