A PAIR OF UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND FAMILLE-VERTE DOUBLE-GOURD VASES QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

each globular body rising from a short tapering foot to a tall neck with bell-shaped swelling, brightly enamelled around the body with two rectangular panels enclosing a large bird perched on a tree and a landscape, all reserved on a butterfly and floret green dot ground, the neck painted in rich cobalt-blue tones with floral medallions reserved on a diaper band and pendent flower-filled lappets

Acquired from Bernheimer Munchen.
Thence in the family by descent.