A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SIXTEEN SONS' OVOID VASE

KANGXI 1662-1722

Painted in coloured enamels with a joyful scene of four concubines and sixteen boys at play in a garden, the base with a paper label for Sydney L Moss Ltd, together with a wood stand and reticulated cover, 20.6cm. (3)

Provenance: from an English private collection, Wiltshire, purchased from Sydney L Moss Ltd on 5th December 1968. A copy of the invoice is available.

This subject is derived from the Shang dynasty story of Jiang Ziya, the senior military counsellor who famously appointed sixteen good generals.