A FAMILLE-VERTE HU-FORM VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the pear-shaped body rising from a tall spreading foot to a flared mouth with a galleried rim, enameled around the body with four large pendent ruyi enclosing butterflies and flower sprays, alternated with smaller ruyi containing chrysanthemum heads, all against a stippled pale green ground, the shoulder encircled by a diaper band below upright plantain leaves, the foot with a band of overlapping lappets

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 

The vase has an approx. 4-cm crack to the base, two short hairline cracks to the rim, a small chip to the foot, and a burst bubble to the lower body. The rim is slightly warped.
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