Pair of Chinese export porcelain vases decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with central panels showing a domestic scene with ladies, Kangxi reign.

Massive pair of Chinese export porcelain vases and covers decorated in underglaze cobalt blue (qinghua) with central panels showing a domestic scene with ladies, c. 1680 Kangxi reign, Qing dynasty, h. 80 cm, 30 in.1-16226B

Illustrated: Tang to Qing Ceramics, by A. Varela Santos, 2017/2018 catalogue, cat. 30.

Literature:

• Christie’s Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, by A. du Boulay, 1984 Oxford, p. 201, cat. 7 for a similar pair;

• Kensington Palace and the Porcelain of Queen Mary II, A re-creation of Queen Mary II’s display of Oriental Porcelain at Kensington Palace in the 1690’s, an exhibition catalogue by M. Hinton and O. Impey for Christie’s in collaboration with the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and Historic Royal Palaces, 1998 London, p. 47, fig. 20 for a set of three similar vases of larger size but with different covers.

中國外銷瓷青花蓋瓶一對，器身中部畫有經典仕女圖，約1680年，清康熙，高80。

圖示: 《唐代至清代陶瓷》阿.瓦瑞拉.桑托斯, 2017/2018圖錄，編號，第30頁。

參考文獻：

•《佳士得中國陶瓷史畫報》，作者A. du Boulay，1984年牛津出版，參見第201頁編號7一對近器；

•《肯辛頓宮和瑪麗皇后二世藏瓷，重現1690年代瑪麗皇后二世於肯辛頓宮東方陶瓷展示》，展覽目錄合編佳士得M. Hinton及O. Impey，牛津阿什莫林博物館和歷史皇家宮殿，1998年倫敦出版，參見第 47頁圖20一套三件相似瓶子，帶不同蓋子且尺寸較大。