A RARE UNDERGLAZE-RED AND FAMILLE-VERTE 'ROSE' VASE, KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD

A RARE UNDERGLAZE-RED AND FAMILLE-VERTE 'ROSE' VASE

KANGXI MARK AND PERIOD

清康熙 釉裏紅綠彩折枝玫瑰紋水盂 《大清康熙年製》款

the ovoid body surmounted by a short waisted neck and everted lipped rim, finely painted with two pairs of copper-red roses, one in full bloom and the other bud partially open, each borne on a thorny black-enameled stem issuing furling leaves in shades of green, the rosebuds picked out in iron red at the sepals, the recessed base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character mark in three columns

Height 3⅜ in., 8.5 cm