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 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.
Inv. No: MW302
