*A SET OF THREE CHINESE POWDER BLUE-GROUND FAMILLE VERTE EROTIC SUBJECT VASES AND COVERS

KANGXI 1662-1722

Each body of ovoid shape, decorated with four large panels enclosing pavilions set in mountainous landscapes with amorous couples in fenced gardens, set against a mottled dark-blue ground embellished with floral sprays in gilt, with smaller cartouches containing flowers to the shoulders and domed covers (one cover matched), one with a paper label for Christie's to the base, 48cm. (6)

Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession number: 14.40.237a, b; and E Gorer and J F Blacker, Pl.153 for related vases.