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A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE ‘BIRD AND PEONY’ ROULEAU VASE
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The vase is decorated and gilt to one side with a bird perched upon a fowering,
leafy peony branch. The reverse is inscribed with a poem extolling the virtues
of peonies, with an artemisia leaf in iron-red. The shoulder is decorated with a
foral band below a bamboo spray to the neck.
8º in. (21 cm.) high
£6,000-8,000 $8,500-11,000
€6,900-9,200
清康熙 五彩花鳥紋棒槌瓶
242 Other fees apply in addition to the hammer price – see Section D of our Conditions of Sale at the back of this Catalogue
