China, Kangxi period (1662-1722). Painted in underglaze blue, the wide neck is freely decorated with flowering lotus above panels with repeating designs of flower sprays, the cover similarly decorated. The silver mounts engraved with scrolling vines.
Condition: With fritting to spout and repaired handle, otherwise good condition. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by second generation members of the Holzapfel family after 1970 and has remained in the family ever since.
