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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE MONK’S-CAP
EWER, DUOMUHU
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The body of the ewer is divided into three
sections by molded bow-string borders and
decorated in yellow, green and aubergine
with horses, auspicious emblems and prunus
fowers against swirling waves, with a metal
spout to one side. The shaped top section is
decorated with a crane in fight.
15æ in. (40.1 cm.) high
$10,000-15,000
PROVENANCE:
The Chinese Porcelain Company,
New York.
Three ewers with similar decoration and of the
same size were in the J.P. Morgan Collection
and illustrated by S. Bushell and W. Laffan, in
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese
Porcelains, New York, vol.1, 1907, nos. 833-835,
pl.LIX, case XXXIV, p.129.
清康熙 素三彩海馬雜寶紋多穆壺
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