A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted with scholar-officials and their attendants in a pavilion, with two further figures conversing outside in a garden, the scene divided by leafy trees and swirling iron-red clouds, with panels enclosing fish reserved on a dense band of floral designs to the shoulder, the short neck decorated with precious objects, together with a reticulated wood cover and stand, 34.1cm. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of Wing Commander F W Hilton (d.1990s), and thence by descent.