Asian Art I - 16th May 2017
Lot 33
A NEAR PAIR OF RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASES KANGXI 1622-1722 The square tapered bodies each...
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Description
A NEAR PAIR OF RARE CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE VASES
KANGXI 1622-1722
The square tapered bodies each decorated on two faces with ladies holding fans, standing in fenced gardens, the other two faces with birds perched on flowering branches, the flared necks with four panels of flowering plants reserved on a ground of flowers and butterflies, 47.5cm. (2)
Provenance: the collection of Christopher Thomasson of Somerton Castle, Lincolnshire.
Cf. V W Bondy, Kan-hsi, p.144 for the paired vases to this lot. See also R L Hobson CB, The catalogue of the Leonard Gow Collection of Chinese Porcelain, pl.27 for further related examples.