QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A FAMILLE ROSE AND GRISAILLE-DECORATED OCTAGONAL WATERPOT
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each side is delicately painted en grisaille with a different landscape scene within gilt borders below foliate sprays in famille rose reserved on a yellow ground on the very slightly domed shoulder, with a foliate diaper encircling the shallow waisted neck. The interior and the base are covered in a turquoise enamel.
3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) wide, stand

Provenance

Sold at Christie's New York, 24 March 2004, lot 257
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2007, lot 1761

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Lot Essay

This rare, elegant shape and unusual combination of grisaille and famille rose is usually seen on medallion-decorated sgraffiato-ground bowls, and no other waterpot of this facetted shape appears to have been published.

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