Large Chinese Blue/White Porcelain Garlic Head Vase

Lot: 4066

Heavily potted baluster globular body, rising from a slightly splayed foot to a slender neck ending in a garlic-head mouth, painted in a deep blue floral motif enclosed with circular panels on the opposite side of the body, the brown glazed panel representing an archaistic Fang Ding ritual vessel and inscribed in black and red characters, a pair of stylized elephant head handles applied to the neck, atop a carved hardwood base.
Height approximately 21 inches (53.3 cm) with base.
Condition: Ask the Asian Art Department for more information.

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