Small famille verte baluster vase. Kangxi era (1662-1722) Baluster-shaped vase with rectangular cross-section and indented corners, decorated in the colors of the famille verte on the broad sides with mythical creatures in landscape, on the narrow sides ducks on the shore. Flat, unglazed base with old inventory numbers in ink. H 21.2 cm Provenance Johannes Lehmann Collection, Leipzig Estate of Prof. Dr. Hans-Siegfried (1910-2002) and Jutta Schuster, Cologne, auctioned by Lempertz, Cologne, 10.6.2008, lot 689, private collection, Berlin, acquired at the above auction

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