Lot Essay
For a similar winepot mounted in metal, see R. L. Hobson, B. Rackham and W. King, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, fig. 262, from the W. J. Holt Collection
PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK CITY PRIVATE COLLECTION
A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND WINEPOTS AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE-GROUND WINEPOTS AND COVERS
KANGXI
Each of slender baluster form, with an ear-form handle opposite a squared 'S'-form spout, decorated on two sides with a large quatrefoil panel enclosing a female figure seated at a table laden with scholar's objects in a fenced garden, all reserved against a powder-blue ground enriched with gilt decoration of flowers, cloud scrolls and jeweled ruyi-head bands at the shoulder, the domed cover with knop finial, some restoration--8 3/4 inches (22.2cm.) high (2)
KANGXI
Each of slender baluster form, with an ear-form handle opposite a squared 'S'-form spout, decorated on two sides with a large quatrefoil panel enclosing a female figure seated at a table laden with scholar's objects in a fenced garden, all reserved against a powder-blue ground enriched with gilt decoration of flowers, cloud scrolls and jeweled ruyi-head bands at the shoulder, the domed cover with knop finial, some restoration--8 3/4 inches (22.2cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Morgan Collection
Chait Galleries, New York
Chait Galleries, New York
