A rare famille verte scroll weight, Qing dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722).
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The rectangular form decorated to the top with cherry flowers surrounded by distinctive diaper designs, the sides with birds in a flowering cherry tree , the two ends with circular openwork designs. Measurements 34,5 x 9,9 x 8,2 cm.
Chips/wear, crack.
Provenance
The Collection of Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1939). The collection was aquired between 1906 and 1918 when Wallenberg was the Swedish Envoyé in Tokyo, from 1907 he was also acredited for Beijing.
Literature
Warren E. Cox, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain, New York, 1944, vol. II, p. 577. A similar piece, with a qilong handle on top, attributed to the mid-Kangxi period and referred to as a 'box for perfumed herbs'.
More information
Compare with Sotheby's sale N08565, New York, September 09, 16th lot no 276. Then catalogued as 'A rare presentation stand or pillow'.