A pair of gilt-decorated powder-blue glazed baluster vases
KangxiEach of hexagonal, baluster form, finely painted in gilt around the bodies with mountainous landscape scenes on each side, separated by prunus and bamboo, the waisted necks with further prunus, bamboo and orchids, all between diaper-pattern bands, flanked by pairs of stylised dragon handles. Each 51cm (20 1/8) high. (2).
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清康熙 藍地描金山居圖六角雙耳大瓶一對Compare with a related pair of hexagonal powder blue-glazed vases, 18th century, but with later European ormlou gilt-bronze mounts, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, vol. II, London, 2016, p.561, nos.1358-1359.