Chongzhen-Shunzhi, c. 1640-1645
The vase is of cylindrical form and is surmounted by a waisted neck.
The exterior is painted in shades of underglaze blue with two large vases, one filled with flowering branches of lotus beside a low table supporting an incense burner and a tool vase. The other vase is filled with flowering branches of prunus beside a jardiniere containing a small scholar's rock, beside a bowl filled with fruit. An insect is hovering above, all under a full moon.
Height 20.6 cm
This vase was amongst the circa 25.000 pieces of porcelain salvaged from the South China Sea by Captain Michael Hatcher from a wrecked Chinese junk.
Sold at Christie's Amsterdam, June 1984 (Label)
Illustrated: Feng-Chun Ma, 'Chinese Porcelain from the Wanli to Kangxi Period', 2019, Catalogue, No.44
