AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE HEXAGONAL EWER AND COVER

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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AN UNUSUAL FAMILLE VERTE HEXAGONAL EWER AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The faceted sides decorated with panels of mythical beasts and flowers growing amidst rocks, with various flowers on the base of the neck and pierced foliate panels above, all within narrow raised borders, with a pseudo-spout projecting from below the rim and a curved handle set at right angles, raised on a tall spreading foot decorated with babao repeated on the cover, with a tiny hole in the flat base
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high

拍品專文

Two ewers of this unusual type are illustrated by E. Gorer and J. F. Blacker, Chinese Porcelains and Hard Stones, vol. I, London, 1911, pl. 135, where they are referred to as 'puzzle pots', and the entry describes how the wine passes by the base of the handle to the spout to bypass the perforations in the neck.
See, also, the famille verte ewer of this type with very similar decoration, but without a cover, sold in our Paris rooms, 14 June 2006, lot 225.