Square porcelain bottles with underglaze blue decoration. The bottles has four flat sides with slightly curved tops, a tubular neck, a stepped collar and a flat base. Decorated in a vibrant underglaze blue with flowers. Height 26.5 cm. Width 9.5x9.5 cm.
Glaze chips.
From the collection of Ivar Heineman (f. 1877-1962). Ivar Heinman was a Medicine Doctor with a degree from Karolinska, he was a pediatrician and had his own practise next to his residence at Kungsgatan, Stockholm. He was a passionated art and antique collector at his free time and an active customer of Bukowskis in the early 1900's. Thence by descent.
This shape of bottles occure during the Wanli period and continues to be popular trough the Transition period and in to the Kangxi era.