Live Auction 13765A Surreal Legacy: Selected works of art from The Edward James Foundation
A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER JAR AND A COVER
Lot 133

A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE BALUSTER JAR AND A COVER

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)

Closed15 December 2016

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GBP 8,125

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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

Probably purchased by William James prior to 1912.

Specialist note

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