Lot Essay
Previously sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2005, lot 367.
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THE PROPERTY OF AN AMERICAN GENTLEMAN
A FINE SMALL GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASE
Details
A FINE SMALL GILT-DECORATED POWDER-BLUE-GROUND ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Painted in gilding with a bird perched in the branches of a tree amidst various blossoming plants and rocks and looking toward a large butterfly in flight, the canted shoulder with oval panels of floral sprays against a diaper pattern below a further scene of insects amidst blossoming plants and rocks
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Painted in gilding with a bird perched in the branches of a tree amidst various blossoming plants and rocks and looking toward a large butterfly in flight, the canted shoulder with oval panels of floral sprays against a diaper pattern below a further scene of insects amidst blossoming plants and rocks
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Bernat Collection