A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE KENDI

KANGXI 1662-1722

The body moulded with large petal-shaped panels painted with blossoming leafy branches, with similar decoration to the tall fluted neck, the bulbous spout formed as a lotus bloom, moulded with two bands of lotus petals picked out in red and yellow enamels encircling the foot, 19.6cm.

Cf. A du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p.228, no.3 for a pair of similar pieces from the collection of Captain E G Spencer-Churchill, M C which were sold by Christie, Manson and Woods Limited in their auction of The Northwick Park Collection on 24th May 1965, lot 6.