KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Details

A FAMILLE VERTE RETICULATED OVAL PARFUMIER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The oval basket-shaped parfumier holder has a squared loop handle in imitation of woven bamboo, and the pierced body is decorated with rectangular panels each enclosing a flower spray, all between the keyfret border above and a scrolling border below. The cover is decorated with a chrysanthemum blossom and surmounted by a bud-form finial.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. Lord Brownlow Collection, according to label
The Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, purchased in 1929, no. (X)180

Literature

E.E. Bluett, 'Chinese Works of Art in English Collections: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. R.H.R Palmer- I', Apollo, New York, January 1958, p. 198, fig. V (Fig. 1)

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Lot Essay

A nearly identical basket-shaped parfumier is in the collection of Sir Percival David (PDF 820), which was exhibited in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-1936, exhibit no. 1664, and illustrated by R. Scott, For the Imperial Court – Qing Porcelain from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, New York, Singapore, London, 1997, pp. 54-55, no. 4.

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