A large blue and white 'dragon' baluster vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period 清康熙 青花雙龍戲珠紋觀音尊

Collection of W. H. Nicholson, Edinburgh, and thence by descent.

W. H. Nicholson 收藏，愛丁堡，此後家族傳承

See a related vase bearing a Kangxi mark, illustrated in Wang Qingzheng, ed., Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, cat. no. 20; and another with a leaf mark illustrated in Chen Runmin, ed., Shunzhi and Kangxi Period Underglaze Blue, The Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2005, cat. no. 256.

上海博物館藏一康熙款例，載於汪慶正編，《上海博物館藏康熙瓷圖錄》，香港，1998年，編號20。另可參考一卷葉款例，故宮博物院藏，載於陳潤民編，《淸順治康熙朝青花瓷》，北京，2005年，編號256。