A Tall Chinese Powder Blue with Gilt Porcelain Vase

Kangxi period (1662-1722), elegant form, finely painted in powder blue, with a long cylindrical neck rising from a gently curving body, flaring to a wide mouth, the foot splayed, remains of gilt decoration and calligraphy to the body, the neck appears to have a Daoist paradise landscape with mountains, moon and constellations near top rim.

17 13/4 in.

From a Private Collection, Washington, D.C.

Good estate condition; professional restoration to area above foot and repair with restoration at mouth rim; loss to gilt decoration.