Vase - Porcelain - China - Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) - Soft paste - 18th C.

A Chinese blue and white soft paste ‘Deer and Pine Tree’ vase.
18th century.

The vase stands on a spreading foot, with the lower section tapering to a narrow waist, rising to a bulbous body and a slightly inward-sloping circular neck. It is finely decorated in underglaze blue on a crackled white ground with a deer standing in front of a pine tree, a fungus growing beside it, and a bat flying overhead.

Ref:
A similar vase can be found in the Princessehof Museum, Leeuwarden collection, inv. no: NO 00125.

Compare also with a mug in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection, accession number: 185-1885.

Dimensions:
Height 13.5 cm, diameter 7 cm.

Condition:
Perfect condition with a typical soft-paste crackled body.

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