A RARE CHINESE PARCEL-GILT QUATREFOIL-SECTION EWER AND COVER

KANGXI 1662-1722

The lobed body with four panels cast in relief depicting vases of flowers and qin qi shu hua, the four arts of the Chinese scholar, the handle modelled as a gnarled branch, the spout as a tapering section of bamboo, the straight neck with further cartouches containing beribboned auspicious objects above a band of a gilt ruyi-heads, the cover surmounted by a gilt Buddhist lion dog, 579g, 19cm overall. (2)

Cf. The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, for a related vessel dated to c.1680, Museum no.M.69:1,2-1955. See also Christie's, New York, 23rd October 2008, lot 233.