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A TURQUOISE-GLAZED WATER DROPPER SHAPED AS A MITHICAL FISH
Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century
5 x 8,5 cm
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 3772.
For a very similar water dropper see J. Ayers, La collection de porcelains chinoises de Marie Vergottis, Lausanne 2004, p. 150, n. 167; another comparable piece is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sidney (inv. EC84-1962).
The Duca di Martina Museum in Villa La Floridiana in Naples houses a wonderful collection of Chinese Art.
Created by Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) in the second half of the nineteenth century, it is certainly one of the most important in Italy and Europe, with outstanding examples of porcelain, cloisonné, bronzes and carvings, dating from Yuan to Qing dynasties.
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