A FINE AND RARE BLUE AND WHITE ZHADOUQING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the bell-form body rising from a short spreading foot to a narrow mouth with widely flaring rim, the exterior finely painted with an elegant floral meander set between a chevron border at the base and freely applied dots at the waist, the broad rim with scattered prunus blossoms on a blue 'cracked ice' ground and reserving three quadrilobed panels of floral sprays on a stippled ground, the underside of the rim repeating the leafy floral motif, the edge dressed pale brown, the base with a lozenge within a double circle, coll. no. 178

Vanderven Oriental Art, Den Bosch, 1997.

The zhadou is in good condition.
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