A very rare famille-verte 'dragon-carp' moonflask,Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | 清康熙 五彩錦鯉化龍圖抱月瓶

The form is recorded in a line drawing in Geng Baochang, Mingqing ciqi jiangding [Appraisal of Ming and Qing Porcelain], Hong Kong, 1993, p. 189, no. fig. 336, no. 3. For a closely related piece, see Geng Baochang, ibid., p. 21, fig. 31. Compare a related example decorated with chrysanthemum in iron red, sold at Christie's New York, 30th October 2001, lot 801. Another example with two lugs below the handles, painted with deer motifs in underglaze blue, was sold in our New York rooms, 3rd December 1974, lot 458.