KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A WUCAI 'BOYS' JAR AND COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase with a splayed foot is colourfully painted to the baluster body in tones of red, green, aubergine, yellow and underglaze blue depicting a delightful garden scene with ladies watching boys at play, the waisted neck with peony flowers and rocks. The dome-shaped cover is similarly decorated with dancing boys and topped by a bud-shaped finial.
15 6/8 in. (40 cm.) overall high

Provenance

S. Marchant & Son, London, 2004

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Lot Essay

Compare with two examples, the first in the Victoria and Albert Museum, illustrated in Shunzhi Porcelain: Treasures of an Unknown Reign, 2002, pp. 236-7, no. 83, and the other illustrated in Chinese Export Porcelain from the Museum of Anastacio Gonclaves, Lisbon, 1996, pp. 162-3, no. 81.

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