A PAIR OF CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGONS AND BLOSSOMS' VASES

Qing Dynasty, 18th Century

清十八世紀 青花穿花龍紋瓶一對

Each painted in reserve with slender dragons weaving between large flowering peonies and foliate medallions against a blue ground, the bases marked with double-circles

48cm high

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PROVENANCE:

Formerly in the collection of Dr. Arthur Kauffmann (1887-1983), a German-British art dealer who worked for (and later owned) the Frankfurt branch of the auctioneers Hugo Helbing, and later was an art dealer in London. Kauffmann was a member of the British Antique Dealers' Association and the Oriental Ceramic Society;

Formerly in the collection of Professor C. M. Kauffmann (1931-2023), Keeper of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and subsequently Director of the Courtauld Institute of Art;

Thence by descent.

來源：

德裔英國藝術品經銷商亞瑟·考夫曼博士（1887-1983）舊藏。考夫曼曾任職於法蘭克福拍賣行Hugo Helbing，後來在倫敦成為藝術品經銷商。考夫曼為英國古董經銷商協會及東方陶瓷學會成員；

C. M 考夫曼教授（1931-2023）收藏。考夫曼教授曾任倫敦維多利亞與艾伯特博物館版畫、繪畫與繪圖部門館長，後來成為考陶德藝術學院院長；

其後家族傳承。

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C.f. A comparable vase, dated to the Kangxi period, is housed in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland, museum no. A.1887.410.

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