Lot Essay
Compare the cup from the H.J. Oppenheim Collection, illustrated by R.L. Hobson in Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1928, p.84, fig.162.
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KANGXI (1662-1722)
Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT LIBATION VESSELS
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each vessel with a broad pouring lip and applied with an openwork chilong handle and two chilong below the pouring lip, the sides with archaistic flanges and enamelled with dissolved taotie masks and dragons on a florette ground, small extremity chips
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) long (2)
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each vessel with a broad pouring lip and applied with an openwork chilong handle and two chilong below the pouring lip, the sides with archaistic flanges and enamelled with dissolved taotie masks and dragons on a florette ground, small extremity chips
4 3/8 in. (11.2 cm.) long (2)
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides no. 235
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