
A Famille Verte Wall Cistern and Cover
The ribbed pear shaped cistern flat backed
Decorated with a pair of crabs and fish swimming among water weeds
Above an animal mask spout
And a trellis band with crustacea cartouches above the foot
The top with a pair of dragon-headed fish supporting a scallop shell between their tails
The cover also with a fish among weeds
Kangxi C1720
Height; 18 1/4″ (46.6 cm)
Condition; excellent, minor enamel flakes, some fritting to the cover
Some glaze crawl to the green enamel on the shell
2.o cm glaze crack
See ‘Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics from the Peabody Essex Museum’
No. 82, page 178 for a similar water fountain with its basin