UNDERGLAZE BLUE KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A FAMILLE VERTE TAPERING SQUARE VASE
UNDERGLAZE BLUE KANGXI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1662-1722)
The square tapering body decorated with four panels of butterflies fluttering amongst blossoming flowers springing from rockwork, with similar decoration on the neck and shoulder
20 in. (50.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A famille verte tapering vase with a very similar design dated to the Kangxi period, but with an apocryphal Jiajing mark, is illustrated in Kangxi Porcelain Wares from the Shanghai Museum Collection, Hong Kong, 1998, p. 152, no. 103.
Also a similar vase but with an apocryphal Chenghua mark was recently sold in our New York rooms, 20 September 2005, lot 311.

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