A PAIR OF FAMILLE VERTE HEXAGONAL AND CYLINDRICAL COVERS, Kangxi (1662 - 1722)
Height: 30.5 cm; 12 ins.
Painted with panels depicting a lady standing on a terrace, vases with lotus and prunus and scholars' objects, and insects above flowers issuing from rockwork, beneath a green seeded border...
Painted with panels depicting a lady standing on a terrace, vases with lotus and prunus and scholars' objects, and insects above flowers issuing from rockwork, beneath a green seeded border with red flowerheads, the flat rim with winding green foliage and red and blue flowers, the design repeated on the covers, which are painted on top with a red lotus.
