A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of archaistic gu form, the splayed foot rising to a slightly convex middle section and to a wide trumpet mouth, the top section vibrantly painted with a scene from Wang Shifu's Xixiang ji (Romance of the West Chamber) depicting Cui Yingying and her maid, Hong Niang, bidding farewell to Zhang, the mid-section with a  continuous landscape, the lowest register with a seated scholar and attendant, the base with an apocryphal Jiajing mark

Collection of Mr. J.P. Argenti by 1947.
Sotheby's New York, 3rd May 1981, lot 295.

The vase is in good condition. There is a tiny chip to the foot ring with extending to an associated v-shaped incipient chip. There is also a very small glazed over indentation at the base. The surface with expected wear.
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