Live Auction 13765A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation
A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
Lot 116

A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed15 December 2016

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A CHINESE GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BLUE AND WHITE PEAR-SHAPED VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Decorated in a vibrant blue with four yin-yang medallions between lappets, the neck with two taotie panels divided by gilt-bronze dragon handles
15 ¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 June 1897, lot 29, £9.9s. to Cooper, by whom purchased for
William James.