Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

286 CHINESE CERAMICS

495

495. Wine Bottle (kendt)
     Chinese, Kangxi (1662-1722)
     Stoneware
     Height: y Vi in. (20.1 cm); Width: 5 s/s in.
     (14.3 cm); Depth: 4Ύ16 in. (12.5 cm)
     Accession number 85.DE.232
     PROVENANCE
     [Kate Foster, Ltd., London].
     EXHIBITIONS
     The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
     September 1987-present.
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     "Acquisitions/1985," GettyMusJ14 (1986),
     no. 184, p. 239, illus.

49 6. Pair of Lidded Vases

Chinese, Yongzheng, circa 1730

Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel

decoration

Each vase bears a label, pasted within the

lip, printed with FONTHILL HEIRLOOMS

and with the inventory number 6 /0/3 ·

Height: 2 ft.^34 in. (62.9 cm); Diameter:

ι ft. ι in. (33 cm)

Accession number 72.DE.62.1-.2

PROVENANCE

Alfred Morrison, Fonthill House, Wiltshire;

John Greville Morrison, Lord Margadale

of Islay, Fonthill House, by descent (sold,

Christies, London, June 5,1972, lot 29);

purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.

497. Figure of an Elephant
     Chinese, Qianlong (1736-1795)
     Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamel
     decoration; gilding
     Height: 1 ft. 9% in. (55.2 cm); Width:
     ι ft. ιVx in. (34.2 cm); Depth: 10 in. (25.4 cm)
     Accession number 72 .DE.61
     PROVENANCE
     George Christie (sold, Christie s, London,
     June 5,1972, lot 24); purchased at that sale
     by J. Paul Getty.

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