The qing emperor kangxi Painted blue and white flower basket grain melon leng liang pot (a)

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Kangxi.

Each painted to the globular body with six panels of flowers each in a different vase， the handle and spout in simulation of bamboo， 16cm H. (4)

Provenance: English private collection， acquired from Marchant in the 1970s.

清康熙 青花绘花篮纹瓜棱提梁壶一对

For a related， but slightly cruder pair see Christine Shimizu and Laure Chabanne， L’Odyssée de la porcelaine chinoise : Collections du Musée national de céramique， Sèvres et du Musée national， 2003， p 125， pl 58.