A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE GROUND FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE GROUND FIVE-PIECE GARNITURE
KANGXI 1662-1722

Comprising: three ovoid vases and covers and two beaker vases, decorated with shaped panels containing birds, flowers, landscapes and antiques, two vases with paper collection labels for Hans Henry Konig and one with a label for Duveen, 27.5cm. (8)

Provenance: from the collection of Hans Henry Konig (1870-1949), and thence by descent. Konig was an American banker of German ancestry, who emigrated to England at the end of the nineteenth century with his brother Frederick Adolphus Konig. Their father made his fortune from patenting a process for the hardening of rubber. Hans was a partner with his brother Frederick in the banking firm of Konig Brothers in London, and was a member of The Carlton Club and The Wellington Club.

Cf. See The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, accession nos. PO 3272 and PO 3271 for two closely related examples.

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來源：漢斯·亨利·柯尼希（Hans Henry Konig，1870-1949）收藏。柯尼希是一位德裔美國銀行家，於十九世紀末與其兄弟弗雷德里克·阿道弗斯·柯尼希（Frederick Adolphus Konig）移居英國。他們的父親因發明了一種硬化橡膠的工藝並獲得專利而致富。漢斯與其兄弟弗雷德里克在倫敦共同經營柯尼希兄弟銀行（Konig Brothers），並是卡爾頓俱樂部（The Carlton Club）和威靈頓俱樂部（The Wellington Club）的會員。