Kangxi C. 1700
The vase is of pear shape and has a long, slender neck surmounted by a garlic mouth. It is painted around the body with two boys in a lively pose holding aloft a paper windmill, between two ornamental rocks, all in underglaze-blue heightened in gilt. The vase is further embellished in gilt with flowering branches of lotus repeated on the neck. The gilt is applied in Europe at a later date.
Height: 13.5 cm
Provenance: Santos London
清康熙 青花描金童戲紋蒜頭小瓶
細長頸,鼓腹,蒜頭口。外壁以釉下藍畫兩名持風車嬉耍的童子,以描金勾勒細節,間飾描金蓮紋。