M.BC
£3,850
Description
A Chinese porcelain blue and white and cafe au lait rose water sprinkler of double-gourd form painted with books, a censer and ribbon-tied chrysanthemum beneath a spray of morning glory and flowers, the shoulder with flowerheads above a crackled band and a wide cafe au lait band on the body.
15.7 cm high.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
Condition
Excellent.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Formerly in an English private collection, purchased from Marchant circa 1980.
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