A pair of glass coolers decorated in the famille verte palette. Kangxi
Copying a European silver shape, each glass cooler flanked by shell handles, and decorated in the famille verte palette with two bands of decoration. In the lower band, birds are perching on four pomegranate sprays and phoenix are flying among pomegranate above.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1722)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 5.11 in. x 5.90 in. (13,5 cm x 15,5 cm)
- Reference :
- E180
- Status:
- sold
Related works
An identical glass cooler (from a pair) is illustrated by John Ayers in Chinese Ceramics – The Koger Collection, 1985, p. 142, no. 114.
See Christie’s NYC, Chinese Export Art, 27 January 2014, lot 351 (for the same pair from the Koger collection).
For another pair, see Christie’s NYC, Chinese Export Art, 18 January 2017, lot 351.
