A Large Blue And White Beaker Vase, Transitional Period, circa 1640

Painted with peony and bamboo growing amidst pierced rocks, two birds in flight above, the lightly molded middle register decorated with a lotus plant, a branch of finger citron and another rock above a band of pendant leaf tips, with a brown dressing on the mouth rim. 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high.  Estimate $10,000 - $15,000

Notes: Compare the beaker vase of similar form and painted in a similar style bearing an inscription which includes a date corresponding to 1640, included in the Hong Kong O.C.S. exhibition, Transitional Wares and Their Forerunners, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 29 January - 29 March 1981, p. 89, no. 65.

Christie's. Chinese Export Porcelain. 21 January 2009. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. Image 2009 Christie's Ltd. www.christies.com