A blue and white 'Buddhist lions' bottle vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花佛獅戲繡球紋長頸瓶

A blue and white 'Buddhist lions' bottle vase

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花佛獅戲繡球紋長頸瓶

the globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck with a lipped rim, the body painted in bright cobalt hues with three Buddhist lions gamboling among beribboned balls, all below a band of diaper pattern encircling the shoulder, the neck with a sinuous chilong chasing a 'Flaming Pearl' amidst flame scrolls, a double-line border at the mouth rim, the base with a double circle in underglaze blue

Height 17 ¼ in., 43.9 cm