A BLUE AND WHITE ROULEAU VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

the tapering cylindrical body rising from a spreading foot to a straight neck and a galleried rim, painted to the exterior with scholars and acolytes in a river landscape with trees, distant pavilions and fishermen at work, the neck with cranes in flight amongst cloud scrolls, ruyi lappets and a band of florets, the rim encircled by a chevron band, inscribed to the base with a double-circle

Collection of D.R. Lawrence.
Marchant, London.

The vase is in good condition with the exception of two shallow flakes (2 and 1cm., wide) to the inner edge of the rim, a hairline body crack extending 34cm., around the shoulder, splitting and extending 6cm., at one end and again diagonally 20cm., down the body towards the foot. It should be noted that the blue is of a slightly more brilliant tone than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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