A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS Kangxi (4)

A RARE PAIR OF CHINESE IMARI BALUSTER JARS AND COVERS Kangxi Densely painted in underglaze blue and enamelled in iron-red and gilt with a large long-tailed golden pheasant perched on a tall plinth of blue rockwork between lavishly blossoming leafy branches of tree peony and smaller blossoms, the shoulder and top of the spreading foot with a band of zig-zag pattern, the covers ensuite and set with a biscuit and turquoise-glazed seated lion finial. 50cm (19 3/4in) high. (4). Footnotes: 清康熙 伊萬里式花鳥圖獅鈕蓋罐 一對 Provenance: The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, 5 June 1998 A European private collection A related Chinese Imari vase, circa 1700, is illustrated by J.Wirgin, Fran Kina till Europa, Stockholm, 1998, p.58, no.52. See also a similar vase and cover, circa 1725-1740, illustrated by J.Ayers, Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, vol.I, London, 2016, no.571. Compare with a pair of related but larger Imari jars and covers, first half of 18th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 27 February 2013, lot 86. See also a related pair of Chinese Imari baluster vases and covers, 18th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2013, lot 92. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing