A large Samson famille verte ‘lotus’ fishbowl, in Kangxi sty...

Hammer

£3,200

A large Samson famille verte ‘lotus’ fishbowl, in Kangxi style, 19th century, the robustly potted U-shaped vessel painted in vibrant enamel colours with egrets amid giant lotus leaves and flowers, below a repeating ruyi-head border, unglazed base and rim, 31.5cm high, 38cm diameter, hongmu stand,

cf. a similar Chinese fishbowl of the same design sold by Sotheby's, New York, Kangxi: The Jie Rui Tang Collection, Part II, 19 Mar 2019, Lot 316.

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Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.
This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.
The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.

The unglazed rim and base grubby, with some abrasion around the edge, some wear to the gilding and enamels in places, otherwise in good condition.