A rare pair of Chinese famille verte tankards and covers Qing dynasty,...

A rare pair of Chinese famille verte tankards and covers

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period

Painted to the barrel-form body with four panels enclosing birds among flowering branches, below four ruyi shaped panels on a fish roe ground, the cover with gilt bronze rim, affixed with large loop handle painted with floral sprigs, atop a dancing bird, 16.2cm high (2).

清康熙 五彩繪花鳥紋啤酒杯連蓋一對

Cf. A pair of nearly identical examples is illustrated in Jörg, 2011, cat. no. 143, where the author notes that this type of tankard was probably only produced for a brief period and all existing examples appear to have similar designs. Another example with a gilt-bronze mounted cover was sold at Mak Van Waay, Amsterdam, May 16, 1984, lot 2083A.