One Vase from a Garniture Set: Tall Cylindrical Vase with Flaring Lip and Subtly Flaring Foot and with Decoration of a Scrolling Vine with Fruiting and Flowering Branches
18th-19th Century
Description
Tall cylindrical vase from an ornamental set originally comprising two "beaker vases" (such as the present one) and three covered baluster jars, each piece ornately molded with a curling vine bearing flowers and fruit, the foot of each vessel with bands of stylized lotus-petals, the necks of the "beakers" with ru-yi sceptre motifs, and the necks of the jars with rising banana-leaf decor below a lei-wen border; the domed jar covers each with everted lip and decorated with scrolling leaf and crackled-ice patterns, and knobs in the forms of Chinese lions; the base of the covered jars bear four-character marks raised in relief.
Dimensions
H. 61.6 x Diam. 18.9 cm (24 1/4 x 7 7/16 in.)
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