A famille verte pear-shaped ewer and cover , KANGXI | Christie's

Sale 2624

CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

Amsterdam

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19 May 2004

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Lot 292

A famille verte pear-shaped ewer and cover

KANGXI

Price realised

EUR 8,962

Estimate

EUR 4,000 - EUR 6,000

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A famille verte pear-shaped ewer and cover
KANGXI
After an Islamic prototype, painted to each side with an octafoil panel enclosing flowering aster and camellia, below a stylised flower stem, the long curved spout and handle decorated with a flower spray and insect between a row of jewels, the flat cover surmounted by a knop finial, minute glaze frits
19.7 cm. high
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