Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A PAIR OF DUTCH-DECORATED CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASES, THE PORCELAIN QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
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Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A PAIR OF DUTCH-DECORATED CHINESE FAMILLE-VERTE 'CHILONG' BOTTLE VASES, THE PORCELAIN QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD, THE DECORATION SLIGHTLY LATER
each bulbous body tapering to a slender neck terminating with a slightly flaring rim, decorated with Chinoiserie figures in landscape with architecture, a high-relief chilong coiled around the base of the neck, all supported on a slightly splayed foot
height 8¾ in.
22.2 cm
Collection of A. Vecht, Amsterdam
Roger Keverne, London, October 2011
Roger Keverne, Winter Exhibition 2011, London, 2011
Dutch decorated Chinese porcelain examples of chilong vases are rare, and a similar example, possibly painted by the same hand, is illustrated in Helen Espir, European Decoration on Oriental Porcelain: 1700-1830, London, 2005, fig. 43. The author identifies the original decoration as the title print on page 1 of Montanus' Atlas Jepannesis, from 1670, depicting a pair of Japanese gentleman and lady. The author further notes the Dutch decorator has shortened the dress of the Japanese gentleman and incorporated the original prunus design of the vase into the later decorated landscape scene. Another Dutch decorated example, with blossoming flowers and birds in Kakiemon style, is illustrated in Espir, 2005, fig. 24. Espir further notes the reason for such later Dutch decoration is because the original Chinese designs were too sparse for Dutch taste.