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Lot Essay
The vase is finely potted with an ovoid body decorated in high relief with Zhong Kui escorting his sister to her wedding, below a band of scholar’s objects on the shoulder and birds, flowers and crickets on the neck.
A Kangxi famille verte vase with moulded decorations in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no.143. Compare also to a Kangxi famille verte vase decorated with Shoulao and eight immortals in high relief, preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum, collection number: C.1257-1910.
A Kangxi famille verte vase with moulded decorations in the Qing Court Collection is illustrated in the Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, no.143. Compare also to a Kangxi famille verte vase decorated with Shoulao and eight immortals in high relief, preserved in the Victoria & Albert Museum, collection number: C.1257-1910.