A very fine Famille-Verte vase with Qilin creatures
Lot-No. 753
Proceeds : 6.800 €
China, Kangxi-period (1662-1722). Porcelain with polychrome painting. At the wall 4 reserves with Qilin-creatures in clouds on a foliage underground. Double circle mark. H. 19 cm. - Qilin-creatures in combination with star grid and foliage undergrounds in Famille-Verte manner were very popular during the Kangxi-period. The fine quality of the painting links the present piece to an upper-class, or even courtly origin. See: Zimmermann, Chinesisches Porzellan, Leipzig 1923, Bd. II, pp. 101-103.
A very fine Famille-Verte vase with Qilin creatures
A very fine Famille-Verte vase with Qilin creatures
Lot-No. 753
Proceeds : 6.800 €
China, Kangxi-period (1662-1722). Porcelain with polychrome painting. At the wall 4 reserves with Qilin-creatures in clouds on a foliage underground. Double circle mark. H. 19 cm. - Qilin-creatures in combination with star grid and foliage undergrounds in Famille-Verte manner were very popular during the Kangxi-period. The fine quality of the painting links the present piece to an upper-class, or even courtly origin. See: Zimmermann, Chinesisches Porzellan, Leipzig 1923, Bd. II, pp. 101-103.