"Gu"-shaped beaker vase
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
430 mm (Height); 220 mm (Diameter)
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499329
Summary
A pair of underglaze blue and white beaker vases, from the Kangxi period in China. The vase has a trumpet shaped neck, convex body, and spreading base and is decorated all over with scenes. On the body a figure sits inside a pagoda, with two figures outside within a fenced rock garden landscape. A similar landscape scene is repeated to the neck. The image represented relates to a story from 'The Romance of the Western Chamber'.
Marks and inscriptions
K'ang-hxi (written on label to the base)