Large Famille Verte Vase, Kangxi, 17th Century



This is a very large and beautiful vase decorated in Famille Verte ( Green enamel Color in French) palettes. The vase has a wide mouth rim with two animal-head handles on each side of the broad neck. The main body tapers downward from a rounded shoulder to a straight foot rim. The front and back sides of the exterior are adorned with two large and two small painted panels of court ladies and children in elegant garden settings. There are two smaller panels painted with still life and flower bouquets on each side of the vase underneath the handle. The reserve space is fully painted with white chrysanthemum flowers and green leaf/branches in a background of black enamel. A band of continuous floret motif lines the bottom of the vase. Each handle is elaborately sculpted into the head of a fierce animal with fire thrusting out of its wide mouth. The animal head is painted with fine aubergine enamel and the fire in fine green color. The base and the interior are covered with fine white glaze. The base is simply decorated with a large double-ring in underglaze cobalt blue. The thick foot rim is unglaze to expose the white porcelain body which was burnt an orange brown line at the edge bordering the glaze. This magnificent Famille Verte vase is in excellent condition with pristine glaze and enamel. It has been preserved by our family since 1960.
Size: height: 32.7cm; rim diameter: 13.4cm, foot rim diameter: 13.3cm

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