A pair of famille verte ewers and covers, 20th century.
Hexagonal pear-shaped bodies, enamelled with honey-comb pattern with small florettes, moulded to each main side with a leaf-shaped panel of flower stem to a green ground, long curved spout and handle, the hexagonal covers with red knob finials. Height
15 cm.
Minor wear. Tape residue.
Provenance
Property of a private Finnish Collection.
The collection was formed between 1980-2020, the collector has had an interest in China and Chinese Works of Art since childhood, growing up in Beijing. He returned to China in grownup years for work, he came to live in China altogether more than 40 years. His love of China, and Chinese works of art is mirrored in the collection and being an academic collector, he never got tired of learning more about the subject by studying literature, attending lectures, visiting museums, auction houses and befriending curators from Peking, Hong Kong, London, Paris, and Stockholm. The collection consists of both Chinese ceramics and textiles, This being part 1.
Purchased at Christies 3 May 2005 auction 2660 lot 237.
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