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Famille Noire Square Vase

Kangxi Period (1662 – 1722)
Porcelain
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China.
H: 53.3cm

The sturdy square sections vase rising from a tapered elongated footrim, to an everted lip, each of the four-sided vase is decorated with a different landscape scene of flowers and birds in the famille verte palette, all reversed on a black glazed background.

• A similar vase is in the Ernest Grandidier Collection, Guimet Museum, Paris, n° inv. G 1710.

Provenance:    •  Deaccessioned from the Royal Ontario Museum in 1969. Museum Number: 923.24.76
   •  Formerly in the George Crofts Collection
   •  Previously exhibited in The Winnipeg Art Gallery in April 7th – May 6th 1956, no 113.
   •  Private Canadian Collection

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