Fine Chinese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 591
*A SET OF THREE CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE EROTIC SUBJECT VASES AND COVERS
Estimate £20,000 - £30,000
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Description
*A SET OF THREE CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE EROTIC SUBJECT VASES AND COVERS
KANGXI 1662-1722
Each body of ovoid shape, decorated with four large panels enclosing pavilions set in mountainous landscapes with amorous couples in fenced gardens, set against a mottled dark-blue ground embellished with floral sprays in gilt, with smaller cartouches containing flowers to the shoulders and domed covers (one cover matched), one with a paper label for Christie's to the base, 48cm. (6)
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 14.40.237a, b; and E Gorer and J F Blacker, Pl.153 for related vases.