Lot Essay
A slightly larger libation cup with similar decoration was sold in our Amsterdam Rooms, 19 May 2004, lot 259.
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KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A MOULDED CELADON-GLAZED LIBATION CUP
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Moulded in relief and reserved in the biscuit with a crane flying towards a deer beneath branches of pine on one side, the other side with a lion beneath branches of prunus peering upwards at a dragon emerging from the sky, all reserved on a celadon-glazed ground
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) wide
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Moulded in relief and reserved in the biscuit with a crane flying towards a deer beneath branches of pine on one side, the other side with a lion beneath branches of prunus peering upwards at a dragon emerging from the sky, all reserved on a celadon-glazed ground
5 5/8 in. (14.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
General Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827-1900)
Sale room notice
Please note the provenance for this lot should read, General Augustus Pitt Rivers (1827-1900)
Brought to you by
Louise Britain
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