M5869
£14,500
Description
A Chinese porcelain blue and white slender vase of tapered ovoid form with gently flared neck, painted on the body with six large chrysanthemum blooms on a continuous scrolling leafy branch between double lines in underglaze blue, the shoulder with a band of flowering camellia on a similar scrolling branch with leaves.
The base with a six-character mark of Xuande within a double ring in underglaze blue, early Kangxi, circa 1680.
Kangxi, 1662-1722
9 5/8 inches, 24.3 cm high.
Condition
Overall excellent condition without any chips, cracks or restorations, with three tiny nibbles to the biscuit footrim, minor original firing spots and wear consistent with age.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Chait Galleries, New York, with label.
- From the collection of Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), former President of the United States from 1929 to 1933, collection no. 48.
- From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Hoover, collection no. 129.
- From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hills.
- A related vase painted with a similar lotus pattern and also bearing a six-character mark of Xuande was sold by Sotheby’s New York in their auction of Important Chinese Art, 22nd March 2023, lot 505.
- The shape of the present vase closely relates to imperial vases painted with blue and white dragons, Kangxi mark and period: one from the Wang Xing Lou Collection was sold by Christie’s Hong Kong in their auction of Celestial Brilliance, 30th May 2022, lot 2704; another in the Beijing Palace Museum Collection is illustrated in Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 23, pl. 6 (fig. 1).
- Other vases of similar form are recorded, including two blue and white examples painted with “One Hundred Antiques” from the collections of the Duke of Northumberland and Gerald Reitlinger (1900-1978) which were included by Harry M. Garner in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, 14th – 19th Centuries, December 1953 – January 1954, no. 268.
- The well-potted body, unctuous glaze and style of painting are indicative of an early Kangxi production.
- In Chinese art, the chrysanthemum, juhua, is symbolic of resilience, longevity and the autumn, as it survives into the winter. It also represents the virtues of a noble scholar.
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