VASER, ett par, porslin. Qingdynastin, Kangxi (1662-1722).

Van Stockinus, Velingen, 2006.

The Avalon Collection Part II.

This collection, which in the main focuses on the Interregnum and Kangxi periods has been both carefully and sensitively formed over the last twenty-five years. The collector, a member of the English Oriental Ceramic Society, has assembled the collection with an eye for provenance whilst purchasing from old European collections, well-established antique dealers and at auction.

Academically, the pieces have been well researched both in terms of their symbolism and narrative themes. In many instances the imagery on the pieces has been referenced to episodes in the romantic and historic novels of Chinese mythology, which were used extensively in the decoration of seventeenth century Chinese porcelain.

For similar pair of vases see “The Jarras Collection/Part I: Fine Chinese Export Porcelain” Christies London 13 June 1990.

A similar single vase is illustrated by both Sir Harry Gardner in “Oriental Blue and White” Plate 69A and in “Porcelains in the Frick Collection” by John Pope, Page 30 and one can also be seen in The Collection of the British Museum, London, Ref: Franks.1939.