Vase quadrangulaire en porcelaine de la famille noire Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi (1662-1722)

chaque face à décor sur fond noir de panneaux représentant les fleurs des quatre saisons : la pivoine, le chrysanthème et la fleur de cerisier émergeant de rochers de lettrés, le lotus d'un étang, le col rehaussé de lotus et grues, marque à six caractères de l'empereur Chenghua à la base ; le col cassé restauré

Christie's Paris, 23 April 2004, lot 226
Ancienne collection J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York 1956, lot 319

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Illustrated in Bushell et Laffan, Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains, 1907, no.751, pl.LVII

The neck partly broken and restored (2 pieces) with small associated losses ; some wear and fritting to the edges of the vase ; the actual color is consistent with the catalogue illustration ; please note that this vase is from the Kangxi period or possibly later.
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See a similar vase in the Ernest Grandidier Collection, Guimet Museum, Paris, n° inv. G 1710.