DEHUA 'PRUNUS' EWER, KANGXI PERIOD

DEHUA 'PRUNUS' EWER, KANGXI PERIOD, the long neck flanked by a scroll handle and flared upright spout, the rounded lower body moulded in relief with prunus blossom, 13cm high; the associated cover from a Dehua excavation in 1988 Provenance: The Collection of Dr Bernard Watney, Bonhams London, 13th May 2010, part of lot 304. Note: an identical ewer in the Royal Collection is illustrated by John Ayers in The Royal Collection, 2016, no.90.