A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'CARP’ ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'CARP’ ROULEAU VASE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The cylindrical body is deftly painted in iron red and black enamels with four large finely detailed carp reserved on a powder-blue ground, amongst further gilt smaller carp and aquatic plants, the shoulder with four flowerheads framed in quatrefoil panels reserved on a diaper border, the neck with two striding three-clawed dragons in gilt, all framed by formal borders. The base is decorated with an underglaze-blue lingzhi head. 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'CARP’ ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
A FINE AND RARE IRON-RED AND GILT-DECORATED 'CARP’ ROULEAU VASE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) The cylindrical body is deftly painted in iron red and black enamels with four large finely detailed carp reserved on a powder-blue ground, amongst further gilt smaller carp and aquatic plants, the shoulder with four flowerheads framed in quatrefoil panels reserved on a diaper border, the neck with two striding three-clawed dragons in gilt, all framed by formal borders. The base is decorated with an underglaze-blue lingzhi head. 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
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