A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
PROPERTY FROM A LONG ISLAND COLLECTION
A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE

TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, CA. 1640

细节
A BLUE AND WHITE BEAKER VASE
Transitional period, ca. 1640
Of gu-form, with an incised band of foliate scroll at the rim above a scene of birds including a strutting rooster with an insect in its beak amidst bamboo, peony and rocks painted on the neck, the center section with insects flitting amongst flowering branches of camellia, pomegranate and orange, the lower body encircled by a band of camellia-filled cloud collar below an incised petal band
17½in. (44.5cm.) high