Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE SQUARE-SECTION FLASKS AND COVERS
KANGXI 1662-1722

Each side painted with shaped cartouches of figural scenes and floral designs, all set against an iron-red ground with gilt foliate decorations, the circular covers decorated with landscape scenes, one with a paper collection label for Frederick Adolphus Konig, 26.5cm. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of Frederick Adolphus Konig (1867–1940), an American banker of German ancestry, who emigrated to England at the end of the nineteenth century with his brother Hans Henry Konig. Frederick married Baroness Gerda (Gertrude) von Chappuis in 1906, who was a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Marie Louise, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

清康熙 五彩描金開光指日高升方瓶 一對
來源：弗雷德里克·阿道弗斯·柯尼希（Frederick Adolphus Konig，1867–1940）收藏，他是一位德裔美國銀行家，於十九世紀末與其兄弟漢斯·亨利·柯尼希（Hans Henry Konig）移居英國。弗雷德里克於1906年與格達（格特魯德）·馮·夏普伊男爵夫人（Baroness Gerda (Gertrude) von Chappuis）結婚，她是維多利亞女王孫女瑪麗·路易絲公主的侍女。