Painted in green, yellow and mangan aubergine the sides with flowering prunus, chrysantemum and peonies and a lotus pond beneath the flaring neck with further birds, prunus and rockwork, an artemisia leaf in underglaze blue in a recessed square on the base. Height 50.5 cm.
Property of a private Swedish Collector.
Compare with a vase at the British Musuem, dated as Kangxi. Donated by: Sir Augustus Wollaston Franks. Registration number Franks.314.
Compare with a pair at the Palace Museum Taipei, Taiwan, Image Number: J1B000005N000000000PAD. Depicted on their web catalogue.