A BISCUIT-GLAZED BIRD-FORM EWER

KANGXI PERIOD

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A BISCUIT-GLAZED BIRD-FORM EWER
KANGXI PERIOD
The feathered fowl modelled standing on a hexagonal base incised with circles, the handle and spout formed as pine branches, splashed allover in shades of ochre, brown and green
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 18 November 1998, lot 1041

Lot Essay

A very similar piece from the collection of Mr. H. v. Klemperer, Berlin was exhibited at the Ausstellung Chinesischer Kunst, Berlin, Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst und die Preussische Akademie der Künste, 1929, no. 968.

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