Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 21st May 2019

Lot 119

A CHINESE CELADON MEIPING KANGXI 1662-1722 With a short waisted neck and a gently flaring foot

Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £10000

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Description

A CHINESE CELADON MEIPING

KANGXI 1662-1722

With a short waisted neck and a gently flaring foot, the body carved with three scrolling peony flowerheads amidst stylised clouds, with a border of incised decoration to the shoulder, all above a broad band of pendant leaves, the base with a paper label for C T Loo, 22cm.

Provenance: Frank Caro (successor to C T Loo), New York, acquired from Roger Keverne Ltd, London, on 1st October 2007.

Cf. The Langsdorf Collection of Qing Dynasty Porcelain, collection no.266.4818; see also W B Honey, Guide to the Later Chinese Porcelain Periods of K'ang Hsi, Yung Cheng, and Ch'ien Lung, pl.5 for a similar vase in the Salting Collection; see also Monochrome Porcelain: The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, p.190, no.172 for another related piece.