Rare pair of porcelain water pots

A rare pair of octagonal porcelain water jars with grisaille landscape decoration on each facet in coral-toned reserves enhanced by gold decoration. The turquoise-enameled interior, the base surmounted by eight small angular feet, features a coral-toned background identical to the reserves on the sides, but including a rosette decoration, three of which conceal three firing beads.

Height: 6 cm
Diameter: 10 cm

Good condition.

Provenance and parallels: Collection du Capitaine G.

A similar water pot bearing a Qianlong mark formerly in the Grandidier collections and now in the Musée Guimet collections under inventory number G4097, reproduced in the book: “La céramique Chinoise ancienne”, Alexandre Hougron, les éditions de l’amateur, 2015. p.253

For a water pot of equivalent shape and comparable grisaille decoration, see Christie’s Hong Kong sale May 28, 2014, lot 3322.