Antique Chinese & Japanese PorcelainEuropean Ceramics & Works of Art
A pair of blue and white double-walled reticulated ewers and covers of slender form, Kangxi(1662-1722) each with long handle and spout; the bulbous, double walled body with a reticulated outer layer; the domed cover also reticulated, painted in underglaze blue the body with pairs of contesting dragons face in toward the spout and handle; the inner wall with a floral design, seen through the reticulated panels of the outer wall; the neck with panels of flowers and leaves in white reserved against a blue ground at the neck and scroll-work diaper bands at the neck, shoulder and rim of the cover. The spout and handle with blue leaves. The glazed base pierced with five holes.
Dimensions:
H 21 cm
Condition:
Glaze fritting and chips. One with a larger chip on the base edge. No hairlines or restoration. Typical manufacturing flaws and irregularities.
Provenance:
Similar reticulated ewer but without its original cover is in the Reitlinger Collection at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, illustrated in the Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition (18 July-13 September 1981) No.104, p.50 where it is dated 1690-1710.
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