M5541
Description
A Chinese porcelain famille verte ewer and cover, decorated on either side with a descending dragon grasping the flaming pearl above a band of waves and rockwork, the tall, slender neck flanked by a handle and spout decorated with two confronting dragons which meet at the join, the mouth and foot decorated with scrolling bands, the cover with flames surmounted by a finial with an iron-red flower, the base glazed white.
Shunzhi/Kangxi, circa 1650-1670.
11 inches, 28cm high.
Provenance & Additional Information
- Sold by Bluett & Sons, February 1947.
- Formerly in the Reginald and Lena Palmer collection, no. 618.
- A similarly decorated ewer from the Wanli period, of smaller and more rounded form and acquired from George Eumorfopoulos is in The British Museum, no. 1937,0716.88.
Condition
Available on request.
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