£200 - £400
A SMALL BLUE AND WHITE GU-SHAPED VASE
KANGXI, 1662-1722
青花兽面芭蕉纹花孤 清 康熙
painted in a rich cobalt blue in an archaistic style with 'taotie'-masks on a diaper-cell ground between whorl bands to the shallow barrel-shaped central section between leaf lappets to the spreading lower section and trumpet-shaped upper section
24.4cm and 23.4cm high
PROVENANCE: Bequest of William Rhinelander Stewart, 1929. Formerly in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1929-2024
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
30% inc VAT*
Online and Autobids:
33.6% inc VAT*