*COLOQUINTE-SHAPED VASE resting on a small heel, in white porcelain and underglaze cobalt blue enamels, decorated with eight medallions depicting five-clawed dragons, fohang birds and waders among ruyi-shaped clouds, surrounded by foliage. Lotuses and garlands of foliage complete the ornamentation of the vase. (Small firing crack at the neck opening). China, Kangxi reign, the mark 'Da Ming Jia Jing Nian Zhi' evoking the reign of Jiajing (1522-1567) in kaishu on the base. A BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN COLOQUINTE VASE, CHINA, KANGXI PERIOD. HEIGHT. 49 CM (19 5/16 IN.) NOTE This vase is based on models conserved in France, Europe and the United States: - Paris, Musée National des Arts Asiatiques - Guimet, no. G4777, donated by Ernest Grandidier, 1894. - Oxford, Ashmolean Museum of Art, no. EA 1978.938, donated by Gerald Reitlinger, 1978. - Philadelphia Museum of Art, no. 1882-727, The Bloomfield Moore Collection, 1882.