A large blue and white globular jar


Kangxi periodOf compressed globular form, possibly cut down from what was a massive double gourd vase, painted in bright cobalt wash and outline with peony sprays filling an elaborate cloud collar band that descends towards flower-filled chevron panels and half-flower heads rising upward from the unglazed flat base, the present rim also without glaze.15in (38cm) diameter
|Four massive double gourd vases from the collection of Augustus the Strong (1670-1733), painted in underglaze blue and copper with a cloud collar decoration on the lower lobe similar to this lot, are preserved at the Zwinger Pavilion in Dresden.