A FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) 康熙五...

Hammer

£24,000

A FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
康熙五彩人物故事紋棒槌瓶
painted around the body with a scene of two officials and their attendants in a pavilion amidst rocks and beneath scrolling clouds. Two soldiers approach as they look over a wide river towards a distant procession of soldiers – some on horseback and others bearing flags. The scene is depicted below a narrow border containing reserves of lotus blossoms on a simplified wan diaper ground on the shoulder. There is a landscape scene of a sage and attendant crossing a bridge to a distant pavilion on the flared neck. The base has an apocryphal Chengua mark.
44.1 cm high

PROVENANCE: Acquired from Christie’s New York “ Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Including Jades from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco”, 19 March 2009, Lot 756 - Property of a Park Avenue Residence Ralph M Chait Galleries, New York.

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There is a consolidated hairline crack to the neck with associated overspray. There is a small area of overpainting to the robes of one official standing in the pavilion. There is a small chip to the foot. There is a small star crack to the base.