A RARE PAIR OF BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURAL' DOUBLE-GOURD VASES

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

24.000 €

Description:

China, Transitional period, ca. 1640
H. 32,2/ 32,6 cm
The lower bulb painted with a narrative scene from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the upper bulb with a reclining scholar and an attendant in a landscape, all below a wide band of stylized tulip sprays around the neck.
Rhenish collection, collected between the 1970s and 1990s.
One vase with glued break at the mouth, otherwise nicely preserved

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