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A LARGE FAMILLE VERTE BOTTLE VASE

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

The vase is boldly decorated with three mythical beasts
standing on rocks emerging from crashing waves. The
lower neck is decorated with a pattern of leafy tendrils
bearing lotus, pomegranates and peaches, beneath a ruyi
band suspending auspicious emblems.
20 in. (50.9 cm.) high
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE

Morgan Collection, no. 398/399.
John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) Collection.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
accessioned in 1960.

LITERATURE

Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains,
New York, 1904, p. 66.
清康熙 五彩瑞獸紋大長頸瓶
來源
摩根珍藏，編號398/399（据標簽所知）。
小約翰．戴維森． 洛克菲勒（1874-1960）珍藏。
紐約大都會藝術博物館，入藏於1960年。

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