Kangxi (1662-1722) celadon
fleuri vase in finely chased Règence ormoulu mounts. The green ground vase depicts a continuous landscape
with two large trees, flying cranes, and a doe and a buck in under glaze blue
with some brown washes. The vase is marked on the bottom with the “double ring”
mark of the Kangxi period.
The ormoulu base has a lower
band finely chased with a pattern of circles above small cabochons. The collar
mount, with a band of anthemia and stylized acanthus on a chased ground above cabochons,
supports the fine reticulated top. [Finial possibly replaced.]