A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE VASES

KANGXI PERIOD

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A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE VASES
KANGXI PERIOD
Each of archaic bronze form flanked by bracket key-pattern handles, painted to one side with ladies in a pavillion, the other with a lady kneeling before a scholar, the sides with birds among flowering branches, the neck and foot with panels of antiques and lotus, with two 19th century Samson covers
18¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high, overall (4)

Provenance

The Collection of Vera Goldschlager, Christie's, London, 19 June 2001, lot 320

Lot Essay

This shape was probably inspired by an archaic bronze fang lei, but is rarely found in porcelain. A very similar vase in the collection of the Rijksmuseum is illustrated by Jörg, op. cit. p. 163, no. 178. Another example is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Salting Collection, no.1033-1910. Compare also the yellow-glazed monochrome vase of this form illustrated by J. Ayers, The Baur Collection, Geneva, Chinese Ceramics, vol. III, no. A447.

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