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KANGXI (1662-1722)
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A PAIR OF LARGE FAMILLE VERTE HELMET-SHAPED EWERS
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each modelled after a European silver shape with an incurving bracket handle, spreading foot and moulded bearded human mask under the spout, enamelled around the body with a bird perched on a camellia branch above moulded elongated petals reserved on a seeded-green ground, the foot with similar smaller petals, repeated again to form a rope-twist design below the rim, some damage
both about 11 in. (28 cm.) high (2)
KANGXI (1662-1722)
Each modelled after a European silver shape with an incurving bracket handle, spreading foot and moulded bearded human mask under the spout, enamelled around the body with a bird perched on a camellia branch above moulded elongated petals reserved on a seeded-green ground, the foot with similar smaller petals, repeated again to form a rope-twist design below the rim, some damage
both about 11 in. (28 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The Hon. Mrs. Nellie Ionides no. 710
Exhibited
A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Sotheby's London, 1997, no. 105
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