A blue and white sleeve vase


Chongzhen The cylindrical body rising from a gently flaring foot to a trumpet mouth, the upper register finely painted with lotus sprays by a riverside, with geese flying overhead, the subtly raised mid-section with rockwork arrangements, above a stylised lotus leaf lappet border.45.5cm (17 7/8in) high
|See a comparable vase of similar form with related decoration sold in our New Bond Street rooms, 6 November 2014, lot 208.Two related but smaller vases are in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated by Chen Runmin, Qing Shunzhi Kangxi Chao Qinghuaci, Beijing, 2005, nos.55 and 56. Another example with related pendant lappets and details such as the moon beneath the rim, dated 1628-44, is illustrated by J.Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2001, no.12:85.