An Unusual Antique Chinese Porcelain Cabinet Vase
The 6 inch tall vase with a cobalt design of Chinese immortals, the boy holding the peach of longevity, surrounded with flying bats and a deer. The reverse painted with a poem below a large bat. The two handled blaster form body rising on a flared base. An unusual and complicated piece, the poem and borders in a brown enamel. Chinese blue eight character mark to base.
From the Collection of Juliana Yuan, Professor of Asian Art History, University of Missouri, St. Louis