A pair of famille-verte octogonal 'lotus' vases, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 五彩纏枝蓮紋八方瓶一對
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June 12, 04:08 PM GMT
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10,000 - 20,000 EUR
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A pair of famille-verte octogonal 'lotus' vases
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
each of octagonal section, the tapering faceted sides rising to a sharply canted shoulder surmounted by a slightly waisted neck and flaring rim, each slender rectangular panel boldly enameled with lush lotus blossoms borne on a delicately undulating stem with furled leaves, the angled shoulders with the 'Eight Auspicious Emblems' reserved on a pale-green diaper or 'fish roe' ground, the neck with further lotus blooms, the base flat and unglazed (2)
Height of taller 41.3 cm, 16¼ in.
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Paire de vases octogonaux en porcelaine de la famille verte à décor de lotus, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi
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清康熙 五彩纏枝蓮紋八方瓶一對
Italian Private Collection.
S. Marchant & Son, London.
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義大利私人收藏
馬錢特，倫敦
The slender, graceful form of the present pair represents the extraordinary skill of the Kangxi period potters who were able to successfully reinterpret the traditional curvilinear baluster form into a clean rectilinear format, a technical feat that left few extant examples. A pair of vases of identical form but with different floral decoration from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvain L. Goldmuntz was sold in our Monaco rooms, 4th March 1990, lot 355; and another pair is illustrated in R. L. Hobson, Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery, with other Works of Ceramic Art, A Record of the Collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight formed by The First Viscount Leverhulme, London, 1928, pl. 52.
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