A large famille verte 'Buddhist lions' bottle vase


KangxiThe large pear-shaped bottle raised on a short foot, the tall cylindrical neck with a slightly everted rim, decorated around the globular body with four Buddhist lions playing with a brocaded ball and ribbons, the shoulder with a band of floral scrolls and a ruyi border, the top of the neck with a diaper-pattern band and pendent tassels, wood stand. 44cm (17 1/4in) high. (2).
|清康熙 五彩瑞獅戲球圖長頸大瓶Provenance: an English private collection來源：英國私人收藏A similar famille verte bottle vase, Kangxi, is illustrated by C.J.A.Jorg, Famille Verte: Chinese Porcelain in Green Enamels, Lier, 2011, p.43. See also a very similar famille verte vase, Kangxi, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 15 March 2017, lot 696.