A FINE AND RARE COPPER-RED AND ENAMEL DECORATED WATERPOT, MATIZUN

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A FINE AND RARE COPPER-RED AND ENAMEL DECORATED WATERPOT, MATIZUN
KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The steep incurved sides terminating in a wide mouth with lipped rim, each side painted with a rose in bloom rising on leafy stems from the foot, the flowers in copper-red with the leafy stem in green enamel detailed in black, the interior and base glazed white
4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) diam., stand, box

Lot Essay

Cf. two waterpots of this type in the Baur Collection, illustrated in the Catalogue, vol. IV, no. A537 and A538, and another in the Percival David Foundation, Catalogue no. B706.
See also the example in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Liu Liang-yu, Ch'ing Official and Popular Wares, p. 74.

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