A pair of large Kangxi (1661–1722) baluster pots

Exportation porcelain.

With blue and white decoration.

Bases with palmette friezes, surmounted by three reserves in circle, fan and scroll forms, filled with flowers and the representation of the Eight Precious Objects.

The shoulders present blue lambrequins with a ruyi-shaped cut outline, filled with arabesques and blooming peonies reserved in white, and the necks are decorated with scrolling and lotus flowers.

With an original cover with a biscuit knop representing a foo dog.

Kangxi Period (1661–1722)

Bases of later manufacture in walnut, with carved claw-and-ball feet.

(original cover with broken knop and another cover of later manufacture)