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A PAIR OF GREEN-GLAZED WATER DROPPERS SHAPED AS MYTHICAL ANIMALS
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, late 17th–early 18th century
6 x 9 x 6 cm high
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. nn. 3408, 3410.
A pair of similar water droppers with a ‘Famille Verte’ decoration on biscuit instead of the green glaze is in the collection of Marie Vergottis (J. Ayers, La collection de porcelains chinoises de Marie Vergottis, Lausanne 2004, p. 98, nn. 81-82).
