A Blue, White And Copper Red Watter Dropper - China, 18th Kangxi Period

A blue and white glazed porcelain water dropper with iron-red highlights on the bud. The interior of the leaf is decorated with a shell motif.
China, 18th century
Kangxi period (1661–1722)

Length : approx. 12 cm
Height : approx. 5 cm at the bud and 4.8 cm at the leaf.

For a similar example, see :
- Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam: The Ming and Qing Dynasties, Christiaan J. A. Jörg, 1997, p. 122, fig. 123 

- Rijksmuseum, inv. no. AK-RAK-1972-3

- Rob Michiels, 8 December 2018, lot 523

An hairline at the junction between the lotus leaf and the flower; restoration to the small individual lotus bud where a loss was previously present, concealing two additional hairlines on the body of the leaf; traces of overpainting on the exterior of the bud. Minor firing imperfections, otherwise in good overall condition.

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