A rare Chinese Imari sauceboat with Johanneum mark to the bottom.
C. 1700, Kangxi period (1661-1722).
The oval shaped sauceboat with two spouts and stylised handles in the form of chilong crawling and gazing over the rim. The bottom with an engraved Johanneum mark ‘N=273.+’.
Ref.:
SKD Museum, registration no. PO 5563, for a quasi identical example, with the same incised and blackened palace inventory number.
Provenance:
From the collection of Wolfgang Nolting, Rheinland-Pfalz.
Dimensions:
Length 20.6 cm, width 17 cm, height 6.3 cm.
Inv. No: A00543
