Lot Essay
A similar example is illustrated by du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, p. 227, col. pl. 2.
The present plate together with the accompanying lots are said to have been made as part of a service to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Emperor Kangxi in 1713. For other designs from the service, see Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, pp. 115-116, nos. 124-126, from the Percival David Foundation; du Boulay, op.cit. p. 227, pl. 2; Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 9, col. pl. 88, from the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm; and ibid, vol. 7, col. pl. 35, from the Musee Guimet, Paris.
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The present plate together with the accompanying lots are said to have been made as part of a service to celebrate the 60th birthday of the Emperor Kangxi in 1713. For other designs from the service, see Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, pp. 115-116, nos. 124-126, from the Percival David Foundation; du Boulay, op.cit. p. 227, pl. 2; Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, vol. 9, col. pl. 88, from the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm; and ibid, vol. 7, col. pl. 35, from the Musee Guimet, Paris.
(US$24,000-28,000)