M5731
£12,500
Description
A large Chinese porcelain blue and white ovoid ginger jar and cover, painted with lozenge shaped panels of fans, each depicting a figure with his arms raised looking at beehives, between tied bunches of lotus above branches of peony, the original cover with antiques.
12 inches, 30.5 cm total height.
Kangxi, 1662-1722.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From a private collection, Worcestershire.
- A famille verte example is illustrated by Christiaan J.A. Jörg in Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, from the bequest of the widow of J.T. Royer to King William I, 1814. Royal Cabinet of Curiosities, transferred to the Rijksmuseum in 1883, no. 198, p. 177.
Condition
Excellent condition.
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