A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL STYLE SLEEVE VASE

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE TRANSITIONAL STYLE SLEEVE VASE

19TH OR 20TH CENTURY

The tall cylindrical body surmounted by a short waisted neck, painted to the exterior with figures welcoming a deity and her attendants as they arrive on a phoenix, all in a rocky wooded landscape, with wispy clouds to the reverse, the scene contained within incised floral and geometric bands, 43.8cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Professor Ronald N Arnold (1908-1963) and thence by descent. Professor Arnold was Regius Professor of Engineering at Edinburgh University from 1947 until his death. Following ill health, in 1953 he began to collect Chinese porcelain in his free time, buying most of his pieces from small antique shops and auctioneers in Edinburgh and London. Through the art historian David Talbot-Rice, Professor Arnold became acquainted with several experts in the field of East Asian ceramics, including Sir Harry Garner and Soame Jenyns.