A Chinese blue and white ewer and a cover with silver mount for the Islamic market
Kangxi (1662-1722); the silver later
Painted with tear-drop shaped panels of scrolling foliage on a cracked-ice pattern ground, the neck encircled with a band of formal leaves and floral roundels, modelled with long spout and C-scroll handle, the handle mounted with band suspending a chain, the flat cover with similar decoration and knop finial, some restoration
21.2 cm. high
A Chinese blue and white ewer and a cover with silver mount for the Islamic market
Kangxi (1662-1722); the silver later
Painted with tear-drop shaped panels of scrolling foliage on a cracked-ice pattern ground, the neck encircled with a band of formal leaves and floral roundels, modelled with long spout and C-scroll handle, the handle mounted with band suspending a chain, the flat cover with similar decoration and knop finial, some restoration
21.2 cm. high
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