A Chinese vase jue decorated with famille verte enamels on the biscuit. Kangxi period.
The rounded sides supported on tripod scroll feet washed in yellow issuing from aubergine animal masks and decorated with taotie masks on a blossom-strewn seeded green ground divided and interspersed with flanges, the concave rim and spout with dragon panels on a similar ground.
- Country:
- China
- Period :
- Kangxi (1662-1722)
- Material:
- Porcelain
- Dimension:
- 3.54 in. (9 cm)
- Reference :
- B380
- Status:
- sold
Provenance
Collection of Madame C. (born B. d'O.), Bordeaux.
Related works
For a very similar piece, see Sotheby’s Monaco, Belle Collection de Porcelaines de Chine du Docteur Julien Pergola et de divers amateurs, 23 june 1986, lot 332.