A Chinese grisaille covered jar with figures, dating from the 18th century. Finely detailed grisaille painted scene with three figures in front of a building, with red details on their faces and hands. The landscape wraps around the opposite side. Relief scrolls at the foot, the cover also has landscape scene and round gilt finial.
H. 6" (15.2 cm)
Provenance: collection of J.Louis Binder, Virginia Hunt Country, Christie's London held a sale for him in 2003 for his Chinese export art collection The J. Louis Binder collection is arguably the most extensive and exciting collection of "European subject" wares to come onto the market for several decades, it is the results of more than thirty years avid collecting by Louis and Gloria Binder,who,with their son Jason, have travelled the world seeking out fine and rear examples of this fascinating group of Chinese export porcelains

Condition: restoration to the mouth rim and the cover finial

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