A blue and white 'ladies' vase

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

清康熙 青花開光仕女花卉圖瓶

the elegantly potted globular body rising from a flared foot to a tall trumpet neck interrupted by a raised collar and a short compressed bulb, the body finely painted with two registers of petals, each enclosing alternating images of elegant ladies, blooming plants or a landscape, with stylized floral sprays above, the neck similarly decorated with a single row of petal lappets, the bulb painted with leafy blossoms, the base with an orchid plant in underglaze blue within a double circle

Height 15 ? in., 40 cm

Collection of Anton Exner (1882- 1952) (by repute).

Galerie Zacke, Vienna, 1984.

Collection of Chia-Shi Lin (1930-2020), and thence by descent.

來源

Anton Exner (1882-1952) 收藏 (傳)

Galerie Zacke，維也納，1984年

林教授 (1930-2020) 緣木得魚齋珍藏，此後家族傳承