Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
Chinese blue and white bottle vase, Kangxi (1662-1722), decorated with two mythical beasts with forked tails and tufted heads above a band of waves, the neck with ribbon motifs and stiff leaves, the foot with lotus-scrolls, flower mark to base; height: 10 3/8in., 26.3 cm; condition: small restored chip to rim. These mythical beasts may have been inspired by European heraldic designs of lions. For a similar vase in the Rijksmuseum see, Jorg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam pl. 319, p. 276. SOLD
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