A small blue and white ewer or wine pot with domed cover, Kangxi

A small blue and white ewer or wine pot with domed cover, Kangxi

Decorated with loop handle; the oviform body depicting four 'Long Elizas' beside two large arrangements of flowers; the base with underglaze blue Yu (jade) character and the remains of a Chait Galleries label. 14cm (5½in) high. (2). Estimate: £1,800 - 2,000

Footnote: For a comparable ewer, see page 66 of 'Chinesisches Porzellan/Museum fur Kunsthandwerk, Frankfurt am Main' by Gunhild Gabbert (1977).

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