ID 1176966
Lot 66 | A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE PORCELAIN ROULEAU VASE
Estimate value
$ 12 000 – 18 000
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is decorated with a continuous scene featuring a figure of Zhong Kui with gilt accents, shown seated and drinking on a daybed as bats fly above. On his left sits a finely dressed maiden sewing and on the left a young boy plays with a demon, all below a border of lotus cartouches reserved on a diaper ground. The cylindrical neck is decorated with bamboo amongst rocks. The vase also features two square leisure seals, one on the neck and one on the body, reading ting shan (pavilion and mountain) and zhu ju (the hall of bamboo).
17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Ancient Art, Stockholm (according to label).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 March 1984, lot 505.
Historical era: | Kangxi period |
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Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
Historical era: | Kangxi period |
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Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
Address of auction |
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