A CHINESE FAMILLE VERTE 'SIXTEEN SONS' OVOID VASE

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: formerly 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.

清康熙 五彩仕女童子圖罐
來源：英國威爾特郡私人舊藏，1968年12月5日購於Sydney L Moss Ltd（附發票複印件）。