A RARE FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE, comprising three hexagonal baluster vases and covers and two hexagonal beaker vases, decorated with ascending and descending leaves in two shades of green, reserved on a green and yellow trellis-pattern ground, the shoulders and the top of the foot moulded with bands of aubergine and grisaille lotus petals, the borders with scrolling chrysanthemum- heads, and the shallow domed covers similarly moulded with lotus petals and surmounted by double lotus-bud finials (minor damage), Kangxi

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A RARE FAMILLE VERTE BISCUIT FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE, comprising three hexagonal baluster vases and covers and two hexagonal beaker vases, decorated with ascending and descending leaves in two shades of green, reserved on a green and yellow trellis-pattern ground, the shoulders and the top of the foot moulded with bands of aubergine and grisaille lotus petals, the borders with scrolling chrysanthemum- heads, and the shallow domed covers similarly moulded with lotus petals and surmounted by double lotus-bud finials (minor damage), Kangxi
the baluster vases 26.5cm. high, the beaker vases 23.3cm. high (5)
Provenance
Blenheim Palace

Lot Essay

A comparable three-piece garniture from the Salting Collection is illustrated by W.B.Honey, Guide to the later Chinese Porcelain Periods of Kang'Hsi, Yungcheng and Ch'ien Lung, pl.58, fig.c

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