A Chinese Famille Verte Bottle Vase

Of pear shape with a long thin neck, decorated on the body with tasselled ribbons hanging from stylised ruyi-heads and alternating with vases on stands, further bands and scroll-work on the thin neck, finished at the rim with a brown wash, the glazed base with a sticker reading; ‘Lysn. Pres Bo & Hervor av Carl & Marianne Kempe’ (Engagement present Bo & Hervor from Carl & Marianne Kempe), together with a wucai beaker vase decorated with birds and butterflies. Period: Kangxi period (1662 - 1722). Height: 14.5 and 19 cm.

Condition: For condition report, please contact the department here.

Provenance: The bottle vase formerly a gift to the former owners parents from Carl and Marianne Kempe, thence by descent.
A Swedish Private Collection.