"GU"-shaped beaker vase.
Category
Ceramics
Date
1662 - 1722
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
500 x 239 mm
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 499329.2
Summary
One of 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. The body is decorated with trees, deer and cranes. A similar landscape and animal scene is repeated to the neck. The vase is mounted on a later, turned wooden stand, with pierced flower and scroll decoration.
Marks and inscriptions
n (base obscured by fixed stand)