A GRAND CHINESE BLUE & WHITE FLUTED EWER & COVER, Kangxi (1662-1722)
Height: 26.5 cm; 10in
Of ribbed form with high arched handle simulating bamboo rising from either side of the shoulder above an animal mask spout, the ribbed body delicately painted in a pencilled style...
Of ribbed form with high arched handle simulating bamboo rising from either side of the shoulder above an animal mask spout, the ribbed body delicately painted in a pencilled style with flower-heads on a foliage ground, artemesia mark to the base.
Literature
see Ethnographic Objects in the Royal Danish Kunstkammer 1915, 1980 Catalogue 1980, plate EBC 158 for a blue and white kettle.
