Lot Essay
Previously sold at Christie's New York, 30 March 2005, lot 1491.
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ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND ROULEAU VASE
Details
AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE CORAL-GROUND ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase enamelled with several shaped panels, each of the two primary panels on the cylindrical body enclosing a central archaic bronze vase flanked by two smaller antique vessels arranged with magnolia, prunus and bamboo branches, alternated with smaller cartouches of fishermen and ewers, the neck with similar rectangular panels of unusual vessels, all against a slightly mottled coral-red ground, the galleried mouth rim enamelled with a border of black
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase enamelled with several shaped panels, each of the two primary panels on the cylindrical body enclosing a central archaic bronze vase flanked by two smaller antique vessels arranged with magnolia, prunus and bamboo branches, alternated with smaller cartouches of fishermen and ewers, the neck with similar rectangular panels of unusual vessels, all against a slightly mottled coral-red ground, the galleried mouth rim enamelled with a border of black
18 in. (45.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Duveen Brothers Inc., New York
Morgan Collection, no. 1519
Samuel C. Davis Collection, St. Louis
Morgan Collection, no. 1519
Samuel C. Davis Collection, St. Louis
Literature
Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New York, 1904, vol. 2, p. 114, pl. CLVIII, no. 1519