A large Chinese famille verte jug and cover. Kangxi period.

The body of pear form standing on a splayed foot encircled by a petal border in green enamels and rouge-de-fer, the sides encircled by a formal borders and a central horizontal floral frieze, the border around the rim repeated on the low domed cover pierced with a hole corresponding to another on the bold loop handle for attachment.

COUNTRY : China
PERIOD : Kangxi (1662-1722)
MATERIAL : Porcelain
SIZE : 9 in. (23.5 cm)
REFERENCE : B381
STATUT : sold
Related works :

For an identical jug, see sotheby’s Monaco, Belle Collection de porcelaines de Chine, La Collection du Docteur Pergola, 23 june 1986, lot 1102.