Lot 98: A FINE AND LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE 'SHOU MEDALLION' JAR, GUAN Kangxi

A FINE AND LARGE FAMILLE-VERTE '
SHOU MEDALLION' JAR,
GUAN

Kangxi

Of alms bowl form, with globular body, gently rounded shoulders, and rolled rim, painted with black-outlined
ruyi-shaped lappets descending from the shoulder and suspending profiled lotus flowerheads and scrolls, and with six alternate iron-red and aubergine
shou medallions above lappets encircling the foot, above an unglazed, wide wedge-shaped foot ring and concave unglazed base.


11 1/2in (29.3cm) high, wood stand

Generally, in good overall condition. A small chip to the rolled rim (approx. 1.9cm). A few small air bubble pinpricks, a few iron-spots and some wear but unobtrusive. Some losses to the aubergine glaze, as is often the case with this somewhat fugitive color.

清康熙 五彩團壽字花卉紋缸



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Gift of Mrs. Lewis G. Morris, 1968

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968-present




來源：

Lewis G. Morris 夫人贈，1968 年

大都會藝術博物館，1968 年迄今



Compare with another Kangxi period famille verte double-gourd vase in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of the Treasures of the Palace Museum: Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colors, Shenzhen, 2007, p. 84, no. 77, that has very similar decoration on the lower half to the present lot including enameled
shou characters.

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