Author: --
Size: D15cm
Signed and dated: Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period
Estimate:
Final Price: RMB 900,000
LITERATURE:
1.Gerard Tsang and Hugh Moss in‘Chinese decorated gourds’, International Asian Antiques Fair, Hong Kong, 1983, p. 50, pl. 2.
2.Foon Koppen,‘Decorated gourds’, In Asia, Autumn, 1983, p. 40.
3.Wang Shixiang, The Charms of Gourd, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 42, fig. 5, and p. 73, fig. 5.
KangXi Four-Character Mark
PROVENANCE:
1.Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 29th November 1978, lot 393.
2.Water, Pine and Stone Retreat Collection.
3.Sotheby’s Hongkong, 08th October 2010, lot 2185.