A FAMILLE-VERTE PEACH-FORM WINE POT QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD |

the vessel modeled in the form of a ripe fruit, enameled on the peaked top with a pale iron-red wash, the rounded sides with two large bright green leaf clusters issuing flowers and emerging from the loop form handle with pale aubergine and black imitating a gnarled branch, further delicate florets along the curving spout, a row of ruyi heads around the splayed foot, coll. no. 1723

Christie's London, 7th November 1994, lot 64.

There are two small chips to the tip of the spout, one with an associated hairline crack measuring apprx. 1/4 in., a glazed-over firing tear below the spout, a glazed-over potting flaw to the foot, a glaze frit to the base of the handle, and the base with a hairline crack extending from the aperture. Overall with minor expected wear and glaze imperfections.
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