Details A SMALL FAMILLE VERTE PEONY’ ROULEAU VASEKANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)The body is decorated with blossoming peony branches with a butterfly in flight on one side and a poem on the other side describing the scene. The trumpet-shaped neck is decorated with bamboo above a band of floral border at the shoulder.9 5/8 in. (24.2 cm.) high Provenance John Sparks, London, December 1927, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 136 Literature The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, London, 1964, as recorded in the RHRP ledger Exhibited London, The Arts Council of Great Britain and The Oriental Ceramic Society, Loan Exhibition of The Arts of The Ching Dynasty, 26 May – 2 July 1964, as recorded in the RHRP ledger Conditions of sale