M5869

A Chinese porcelain blue and white slender vase of tapered ovoid form with gently flared neck, painted on the body with six large chrysanthemum blooms on a continuous scrolling leafy branch between double lines in underglaze blue, the shoulder with a band of flowering camellia on a similar scrolling branch with leaves. The base with a six-character mark of Xuande within a double ring in underglaze blue, early Kangxi, circa 1680. 9 5/8 inches, 24.3 cm high.