Kangxi Chinese Porcelain Blue And White Beaker Vases 17th/18th Century - Museum Quality!

Two cylindrical blue and white covered beakers with ‘tiger lily’ pattern.
Kangxi period (1661-1722), ca. 1680-1720, China.

The beakers decorated with a hand-painted underglaze pattern of weeds and single rosettes. The bases unmarked and the beakers slightly varying in size. 

According to Jörg this type of seaweed decoration was formerly known as 'tiger lily' and was particularly favoured by Dutch collectors in the early 20th century. 

Provenance: 
-Johannes Bieruma Oosting (1842-1902) and his wife Cornelia Charlotte Brantsma (1848-1894).
-By descent to their daughter Agatha Victoria Bieruma Oosting (1875-1968). 
-By descent to the previous owner, a Dutch nobleman.

Identical pieces, but marked with an artemisia leaf on the base, can be found in the following museum collections: 

-Victoria and Albert Museum London, accession number C.869&A-1910
-Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, accession number AK-RBK-16313
-National Museums Liverpool, accession number LL 6292
-University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, accession number 88-10-29A

Ref:
For further details and an illustrated example of a similar covered beaker with artemisia leaf mark see Jörg, C.J.A. 'Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum', p. 116, pl. 118.

Dimensions:
Height 17.5 and 16 cm, diameter 7.9 and 7.8 cm.

Condition:
-The largest beaker with minimal glaze loss to the lid finial - furthermore in perfect condition.
-The smallest beaker with a hairline in the body (length ca. 10 cm), a chip to the upper rim, two small kiln firing cracks on the inside upper rim and some small glaze chipping to the lid finial.

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