THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY

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A RARE PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERTE-IMARI LOBED BALUSTER VASES AND COVERS
THE PORCELAIN KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722), THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
The body finely lobed in narrow vertical panels delineated in iron-red and with flower-scroll petals at the shoulder, freely enamelled across the lobes with bouquets of peony and chrysanthemum, the foot and slightly waisted neck with gilt scrolls on an orange pink ground, the domed cover similarly lobed and decorated and surmounted by an underglaze blue knop finial, all mounted in finely worked gilt-bronze in the Louis XVI style with architectural and floral motifs, small chips to interior of cover rim
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high (4)

Provenance

Christie's, London, 6 April 1998, lot 90 (£29,900).

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Lot Essay

A five-piece garniture of almost identical vases is illustrated by Christiaan J. A. Jörg, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam., London, 1997, p.179, no.200, where the author states that the decoration is derived from Japanese Imari ceramics, from which elements have been used and adapted to the Chinese taste.

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