Bidspirit auction | Pr Chinese Famille Verte Wine

Pr Chinese Famille Verte Wine Coolers - Pair of Chinese porcelain famille verte wine coolers or jardinieries, Kangxi period. Each decorated with birds perched on blossoming peony branches below a quatrefoil panel enclosing a crayfish reserved on a floral scattered green-dot ground and divided by two lion-mask handles. The rim with a band of iron-red and gilt chrysanthemum scrolls. On a short spreading foot. Provenance: Bonhams, London, ”Export and Decorative Art of the China Trade, ” 9 March 2004, Lot 62; The Distinguished Collection of Leo & Doris Hodroff. (Each) Height: 6 1/2 in x width: 9 in x diameter: 8 1/4 in. Condition: There are signs of restoration that fluoresce under UV light throughout both handles along each vessel. There are scattered areas of flaking and small losses the pigment and gilt. Some accretions along the interiors. Light wear to the footrims.