Chinese Peachbloom Amphora with Stand, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Kangxi Reign (1662-1722), the vessel with a slender, tapered body with a long neck and everted mouth, the lightly mottled peachbloom glaze stopping elegantly just above the foot of the vessel, the underside inscribed with a six-character Kangxi reign (1662-1722) mark in underglaze blue, displayed on a carved and molded wooden stand, vessel, h. 5-3/4", overall, h. 7", w. 1-3/4". Vessels having this shape are among the "Ba Da Ma"or "Eight Great Numbers", a group of eight porcelain forms collected by the scholarly elite. This amphora, also called a liuye or willow leaf vase for its delicate form, is often referred to as a Guanyin vase because depictions of the goddess of mercy are often shown holding bottles of a similar shape. A complete set of the "Ba Da Ma" has been published in Michel Beurdeley and Guy Raindre's Qing Porcelain (New York: Rizzoli, 1986), p. 150, no. 12, as well as, Suzanne Valenstein's A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art , 1989), p. 237. Illustrated examples can also be found in Ralph Chait's article "The Eight Prescribed Peachbloom Shapes Bearing K'ang Hsi Marks" in Oriental Art Winter 1967, vol. III, no. 4, p. 130-137 and J. Ayers' article "The Baur Collection: The Peachbloom Wares of the Kangxi Period (1662-1722)" in Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1999-2000, vol. 64, pp. 31-55. Kangzi peachbloom vessels can be found in the collections of The National Palace Museum, Taipei, The Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Provenance: Private collection, New Orleans, Louisiana. Purchased at the Phoenix Antique Shop, Cathay Hotel, Shanghai, China, 1946.

In overall good condition. A small bubble-like anomaly on the lip from the firing process. One old, barely perceptible professional repair on the underside of the lip and a tiny chip visible also on the underside of the lip. Some light soiling on the foot consistent with age, material and display.