A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE

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A FINE AND RARE FAMILLE VERTE ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI

Finely enamelled and gilt around the body with two gold-skinned demonic barbarians, one outfitted in full armour and holding a horn, his attendant holding a sword and perched on a big rock, both attempting to tease a golden wolf chained to a column decorated with three large blossoms issuing scrolling tendrils and surmounted by an Islamic-like dome, next to a pine tree with the moon overhead, the neck decorated with a sprig of lingzhi and bamboo
17 3/4 in. (45.1 cm.) high, box

Provenance

Earl and Irene Morse, sold in New York 3 December 1986, lot 271.

Lot Essay

A vase from the Major A.J.A. Douglas Collection with a similar scene was sold in London, 27 February 1973, lot 100; another was sold in Hong Kong, 29 November 1976, lot 602.

(US$40,000-50,000)

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