Chinese famille-verte ovoid jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Chinese famille-verte ovoid jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722)
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Description
Chinese famille-verte ovoid jar and cover, Kangxi (1662-1722), the body painted with four opposing panels of flowers issuing from rockwork with birds, insects and butterflies, and groups of antique objects, including a ruyi sceptre, a jardinière on a stand containing peacock feathers, a sword, a branch of coral, and ribboned precious objects, against a cellular ground of diaper and flowerheads interspersed by florets, the neck with a diaper band and shaped cartouches enclosing beribboned objects, the foot with a band of green scrolls, the domed cover decorated with a large central scene of flowers and smaller cartouches of precious objects against a cellular ground; Height: 14 ½ in. (37.1 cm); Condition: the cover broken in three pieces and restored to a high standard, small frit to lower body. The beribboned objects on the neck and cover together comprise the Eight Treasures, or babao, which are auspicious symbols of good fortune, containing a pair of horns, an Artemisia leaf, a pearl, cash, an open lozenge, a solid lozenge, a musical stone and a pair of books.
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| Material and Technique | Porcelain with famille verte enamels |
| Origin | Chinese |
| Period | 18th Century |
| Condition | Other |
| Dimensions | Height: 37.1cm. |
Product REF: U668
