Bidspirit auction | Chinese Export Japanese Taste Vase

Chinese Export Japanese Taste Vase - Chinese export porcelain vase executed in a Japanese taste, Kangxi period. Of trumpet or beaker form, depicting a gnarled tree featuring prunus and chrysanthemum blooms with scattered flying insects. Decorated in gilt with iron-red and teal glaze. Provenance: Christie's, New York, ”Benjamin F. Edwards III Collection of Chinese Export Porcelain, Part III, ” 20 January 2004, Lot 103; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. Height: 9 in x diameter; 4 1/4 in. Condition: Overspray to the rim in two places: there is a hairline crack to one area and a small filled chip to another. There is a scrape to the overspray along the interior of the rim. A few small chips to the footrim. Light losses to the gilt decoration.