A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER JAR AND A COVER
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER JAR AND A COVER

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

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A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER JAR AND A COVER
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Decorated with dignitaries and scholars in pavilions and crossing a bridge in a river landscape, beside a four-line poem, signed Hui An, the cover associated
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Probably purchased by William James prior to 1912.

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Lot Essay

The poem may be translated as 'carp jumping through the golden ripples of water, and floating as the warm breeze blows over the waves'.

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