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A PAIR OF ‘BLUE AND WHITE’ BOTTLE VASES
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century
28,5 cm high each
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. nn. 3518, 3522.
The body of both the bottles moulded with six leaf-shaped panels alternating a composition with flowers and rocks to a composition with flowers in a vase, the cylindrical neck with floral sprays and a pair of dragon head handles with loose rings, an artemisia (aiye) leaf inside two concentric circles to the centre of the base.
Similar bottle vases were in the collection of Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), now in the Porzellansammlung in Dresden (inv. 2365, 2367).
