Two archaistic glazed porcelain vases


18th and 19th centuryThe first a Dehua gu-form beaker vase, 18th century, molded in crisp relief with a leiwen-patterned ground in the cicada-shaped reserves on the trumpet neck and spreading foot and the phoenix panels on the cylindrical mid-section, the ivory-tinged glaze applied everywhere except the pad of the recessed foot ring (foot pad polished); the second, 19th century, of cong shape with circular neck and foot ring on a square-sectioned body, a yin-yang roundel centering each upright wall and trigram-style bars in raised relief crossing the corners, a gray-green glaze applied everywhere except the foot pad (chips).17 3/4 and 7 7/8 in (45 and 20cm) high
|ProvenanceCollection of Brooks & Dorothy CofieldDehua vase:D. B. Pollard CollectionCheney Cowles, Crane Gallery, acquired 29 January 2014Cong-form vase:Ex-collection of Ambassador Da Silva, collected before 1949 when moved to the United StatesTelecky Collection, WashingtonJadestone Gallery, Portland, Oregon, acquired 7 March 2007