Lot Essay
A famille verte powder-blue-ground rouleau vase which is similarly painted with panels of birds on flowering branches, is illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, Tokyo, 1977, vol. 12, p. 175, fig. 15.
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A Pair of Famille Verte-Decorated Powder-Blue-Ground Rouleau Vases
Kangxi
Each painted with four rectangular panels, three on each depicting a different kind of bird perched on a different branch, the fourth panel on one decorated with a butterfly hovering above roses and orchids, and on the other with squirrels in a grapevine, with two small panels of flowers on the neck, all reserved on a gilt-decorated powder-blue ground
175/8in. (43.5cm.) high (2)
Kangxi
Each painted with four rectangular panels, three on each depicting a different kind of bird perched on a different branch, the fourth panel on one decorated with a butterfly hovering above roses and orchids, and on the other with squirrels in a grapevine, with two small panels of flowers on the neck, all reserved on a gilt-decorated powder-blue ground
175/8in. (43.5cm.) high (2)
Special notice
Tax exempt.