A blue and white 'qilin' baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 青花海水江崖麒麟圖瓶

Collection of Wilhelm Montelius (1852-1918), acquired from China in 1901-1916 during his service as the director of Ericsson, thence by descent.

Given to a family member as a wedding present in 1957.

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威廉．蒙特柳斯（1852-1918年）舊藏，1901-1916年駐任中國瑞典電訊公司愛立信董事會主席期間購藏，後於家族傳承

Qing Porcelain from Private Collections, Marchant & Son, London, 2015, cat. no. 23.

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《 私人收藏清代瓷器 》，Marchant & Son，倫敦，2015年，編號23

Compare a similar 'qilin' baluster vase, illustrated in W. G. Gulland, Chinese Porcelain, vol. II, London, 1902, pl. 556. Compare also a related yenyen vase in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Chen Runmin, Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi and Kangxi Underglaze Blue in the Gugong Museum, p. 475, pl. 306; another was exhibited in Chinese Blue & White Porcelain from the Pullan Collection, Spink & Son, London, 1998, cat. no. 50.

A small baluster vase of this pattern, formerly in the collection of the Boston Museum of Replica Handbags , is illustrated in Shimmering Romance. A Special Exhibition of Kangxi Porcelain and Works of Art, Poly Art Museum, Beijing, 2011, cat. no. V-4.