A Dehua 'chilong’ vase, Kangxi period, 17th century
Lot 899. A Dehua 'chilong’ vase, Kangxi period, 17th century; 22.5 cm high, cloth box. Price realised USD 37,800 (Estimate: USD 8,000 – USD 12,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2023.
The high-shouldered vase has a waisted body and a tall neck applied with a chilong grasping a leafy stem in its mouth below the galleried rim. It is covered overall with a glaze of milky-white color.
Provenance: R. M. Chait Gallery, New York, no. 3636.
Estate of D. D. Kneeland.
Private European collection.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4332.
Note: A similar vase is illustrated by P. J. Donnelly in Blanc de Chine, New York, 1967, pl. 49C, where the author notes other examples in various museums such as the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Percival David Foundation, London, the Musée Guimet, Paris and the Art Institute of Chicago. Another example in the Baur Collection, Geneva, is illustrated by J. Ayers in the Baur Collection Catalogue, Vol. II, Geneva, 1968, no. A262.
Christie's. J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 23 march 2023