A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE MONK'S-CAP EWER, DUOMUHU

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE MONK'S-CAP EWER, DUOMUHU
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The body of the ewer is divided into three sections by molded bow-string borders and decorated in yellow, green and aubergine with horses, auspicious emblems and prunus flowers against swirling waves. The shaped top section is decorated with a crane in flight.
15 ¾ in. (40.1 cm.) high

Provenance

The Chinese Porcelain Company, New York.

Lot Essay

Three ewers with similar decoration and of the same size were in the J.P. Morgan Collection and illustrated by S. Bushell and W. Laffan, in Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, New York, vol.1, 1907, nos. 833-835, pl.LIX, case XXXIV, p.129.

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