A FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

A FAMILLE-VERTE ROULEAU VASE

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

清康熙 五彩纏枝蓮紋開光山水花鳥博古圖棒槌瓶

the cylindrical body rising to a straight neck and everted galleried rim, vibrantly painted with eight variously shaped cartouches enclosing scenes of a landscape, a crab, flowers amidst rockwork, antiques, and birds on branches, all against a meandering foliate lotus scroll, the shoulder with a pair of sinuous mythical beasts on a similar ground, the neck with two rectangular cartouches depicting branches of peony and prunus reserved on a green 'fish roe' ground with stylized blossoms

Height 18½ in., 47 cm