16 mars 2013
Vase, China, 1650
Vase, China, 1650. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, 44.0 x 21.8 cm. RCIN 1398. Royal Collection © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Provenance: Transferred from Hampton Court to Kensington Palace in September 1973.
A tall trumpet-shaped blue and white porcelain vase with a flaring lip and foot, painted with an official and attendants carrying banners and bearing gifts, met by a woman at the door of a house, with four quatrefoils below and a frieze of pendant leaves at base.
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