A Chinese Famille verte square-section tapering vase, Kangxi (1662-1722)

A Chinese Famille verte square-section tapering vase Kangxi (1662-1722) the sides with thin cellular borders framing a seeded green ground decorated with flower heads and butterflies, serving as a background to three variously-shaped panels on each side, containing precious objects, flowers and mythical beasts including a qilin, the sloping shoulders with a cellular design primarily in black, the trumpet neck with similar decoration to the body but with two panels containing precious and scholar's objects, the unglazed base with an inset square glazed panel painted with a lozenge, one of the eight precious objects (babao) denoting happiness and success 48.5cm high Provenance: Formerly in The Leverhulme Collection, Thornton Manor, Wirral, sold Sotheby's, 26-28th June 2001, lot 106 清康熙 五彩瑞獸花蝶博古圖方瓶 拍品來源：英格蘭默西賽德郡威勒爾市桑頓莊園勒韋爾休姆收藏（由威廉·利弗，即第一代勒韋爾休姆子爵所創立）舊藏，後於2001年6月26-28日售於蘇富比，拍品編號106 Condition Report: restored crack around top of neck and rim chips restored Condition Report Disclaimer, A Chinese F, amille verte, square-section tapering vase, A Chinese Famille verte square-section tapering vase Kangxi (1662-1722) the sides with thin cellular borders framing a seeded green ground decorated with flower heads and butterflies, serving as a background to three variously-shaped panels on each side, containing precious objects, flowers and mythical beasts including a qilin, the sloping shoulders with a cellular design primarily in black, the trumpet neck with similar decoration to the body but with two panels containing precious and scholar's objects, the unglazed base with an inset square glazed panel painted with a lozenge, one of the eight precious objects (babao) denoting happiness and success 48.5cm high Provenance: Formerly in The Leverhulme Collection, Thornton Manor, Wirral, sold Sotheby's, 26-28th June 2001, lot 106 清康熙 五彩瑞獸花蝶博古圖方瓶 拍品來源：英格蘭默西賽德郡威勒爾市桑頓莊園勒韋爾休姆收藏（由威廉·利弗，即第一代勒韋爾休姆子爵所創立）舊藏，後於2001年6月26-28日售於蘇富比，拍品編號106, babao, Provenance:, Condition Report:, restored crack around top of neck and rim chips restored, Condition Report Disclaimer

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