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28. Chinese porcelain famille verte wine ewer and cover, the faceted and fluted body of hexagonal form decorated with octofoil shaped
reserves with flowering branches of camellia, peony, hibiscus and prunus in an aubergine frame on a green ground with scrolls
above a wide band of moulded lotus petals, the sloping shoulder with six further leaf shaped panels of similar flowers beneath
方 六 五 壺 花 彩 紋 卉 the ribbed collar and stylised stiff leaves, the flower shaped mouth fluted with flower heads repeated on the cover with a raised
moulded chrysanthemum and hibiscus form finial, the facetted spout similarly decorated, all on a green ground scrollwork
foot rim.
9 ¼ inches, 23.6 cm high.
Kangxi, circa 1710.

• Formerly in an English private collection.
• Sold by Hancock, 37 Bury Street, St James’s, S.W.1.
清 康 熙 • The pair to this ewer was sold by Ralph M. Chait, New York, and was then sold by an American collector at Christie’s,

New York in their auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 19thSeptember 2006, lot 340, pp. 286-287. and was
included by Marchant in their catalogue of Recent Acquisitions, 2007, no. 47, p. 86-87.
• A similar pair of blue and white ewers and covers from a South American collection were included by Khalil Rizk and Conor
Mahony in The Chinese Porcelain Company Exhibition of 17th and 18th Century Chinese Porcelain from Distinguished Private
Collections, 2000, no. 14, pp. 34-35, where the authors note, “the form of this unusual pair of ewers and covers is extremely
rare. Although painted with Chinese motifs, this fascinating pair was surely made for the Near Eastern market. The shape is
reminiscent of Islamic metal work…”; another pair were included by Marchant in their catalogue of Recent Acquisitions, 2006,
no. 36, pp. 66-67.

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