Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 7th December 2020

Lot 119

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE

Estimate £2,500 - £3,500 | Hammer £8000

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Description

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.