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BLUE & WHITE BELL-SHAPED VASE

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CATALOGUE NUMBER 0399

BLUE & WHITE BELL-SHAPED VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1661-1722)

DIMENSIONS

Height: 13 ¼ inches

PROVENANCE

Berwald Oriental Art, London, 1996

CATALOGUE NOTES

A blue and white bell shaped vase decorated in a continuous broad band around the body with horses galloping over waves crashing against rocks. On the slender neck are depicted Taoist emblems and around  |the deep rim are stylized clouds.  Related examples: Similar but smaller vase of this type were found on the Hatcher wreck.   

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