A celadon glazed baluster vase with white slip decoration


18th/19th centuryThickly molded with an ovoid body, cupped rim and dragon-shaped handles on the waisted neck, painted in white slip on the gray-green ground with a bird perched on a composite bamboo and nandina berry branch amid narcissus and lingzhi fungus plants and reversed by two bats in flight, the glaze of uneven color throughout and covering all surfaces except the foot pad (star crack through base).18 3/4in (47.5cm) high