Vase de forme bouteille en porcelaine bleu blanc Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722)

à décor dit de nuages évanescents (Tân Vân), une frise de ruyi sur l'épaule, le bouchon en argent ciselé, travail vietnamien du XVIII^{E siècle, marque au champignon lingzhi en bleu à la base, monture en argent}

Ancienne collection impériale du Vietnam
Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 27 Novembre 1990, étude Couturier Nicolay, lot 56

This vase is illustrated in Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre, La porcelaine des Qing, Paris, Office du Livre, Editions Vilo, ill. 315, p. 227 and in Le Viêt Nam des Royaumes, Paris, Cercle d'Art, 1995, p. 41

The bottle is in good condition with the exception of some surface scratches to the glaze around the body and a small original kiln grit by the foot (showing on the illustration in the catalogue). The neck has been shortened and adapted with Jialong period silver mounts (1762-1820). The blue is of a somewhat lighter cobalt tone, less ultramarine, than on the catalogue illustration.
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This bottle was made in the imperial kilns of Jingdezhen and was offered by the Emperor of China to his vassal the Emperor of Annam.